Stand on an open American prairie as a long, low wind moves through miles of tallgrass in patient, sweeping waves.

The grass bends and rises in a continuous soft rush. Somewhere beyond the near slope, a few distant birds trade short calls - a meadowlark, a sparrow - rising and falling through the wind.

Crickets tick quietly in the grass around you, so soft they surface only in the lulls between gusts. The wind carries the smell of damp earth and green stems, the particular freshness of prairie air after a cold night.

A gust passes and the grass leans so far the seed heads brush the ground, then lifts back and settles. Another wave rolls in behind it, and another, hour after hour. The horizon holds no features - just grass, sky, and the deep hush of wide open country.

Perfect for lovers of the Great Plains, open-country sleepers, admirers of wide American landscapes, and anyone who finds long grassland wind with soft wildlife voices deeply grounding.

Press play and let the prairie wind carry you into sleep.