Gathering Sounds

<p>In Gathering Sounds readers are introduced to the Rainbow gathering community through the audio archive project <em>Sounds from the Rainbow</em>. As part of this experience readers are invited to wander through 50 unique sound files or <em>Sound-Trails</em> following a choose-your-own-listening-adventure model which utilizes a <em>Rainbow Trail</em> theme to imaginatively walk within various gathering soundscapes. A lavishly illustrated multimedia full-color you-are-there experience is also a folkloric exploration of Rainbow gatherings 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.</p><p><br></p><p>This ethnographic listener guidebook from author and radio and podcast producer Tenali Hrenak features over a hundred interactive aural experiences-folk music chants poetry & spoken word nature ambience and what have you-drawn from a quarter century of field recording at Rainbow gatherings as well as copious illustrations and essays from nine contributors.</p><p><br></p><p>* Internet connection required to listen to or download audio experiences</p><p>* Full-color images on applicable devices</p>