Gathering Sounds: Field Recording with the Rainbow Family by Tenali Hrenik
This lavishly illustrated, multimedia, full-color you-are-there experience is a celebration of the annual Rainbow Gathering, a free non-commercial outdoor event held in remote locations building a loose-knit community of kindred spirits all around the world for over fifty years.
This ethnographic and folkloric listener guidebook from author and radio and podcast producer Tenali Hrenak features over a hundred interactive aural experiences drawn from a quarter century of Rainbow Gatherings, as well as copious illustrations and essays from nine contributors including me, Karin Zirk.
A teaser of my essay that is included in the book
Hrenak has been doing field recordings at Rainbow Gatherings for over twenty years and this richly ethnographic books is full of amazing recordings and interesting reflections on the gathering and these recording.
Learn more at gatheringsounds.org.
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