Art by SirLexi
Since 2000 I have recorded more than 1,800 songs, stories, poems, and soundscapes at Rainbow Gatherings across North America, Panama, Mexico, and New Zealand. Twenty-nine compilations in all, shared freely and freely shared.
This is the compendium, a book you can hold and flip through, a trailhead back into the archive. An 8 x 10 hardcover, illustrated throughout with cover art, and liner notes inspired by the newsreel style of Harry Smith’s handbook to the Anthology of American Folk Music.
“THREE DAY BLIZZARD ARRIVES IN THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE AT NINE THOUSAND FEET. CRICKETS RECEIVE BILLING. PERSON NAMED BEAR ADVISES WALKING ONE’S OWN ROAD.”
Over the years, listeners have sent kind words, cards, notes, and artwork, telling me what these recordings have meant to them. Thank you for every one of those gestures. And many thanks to everyone who offered their voice and their music.
Cover art by SirLexi | Interior Book Design by Jessica Quijada
*** A free PDF will be available when I get ‘roundtoit ***
Lexi nailed the cover art. The Fourth of July Interdependence Day Prayer for Peace circle, with the children’s parade coming into the center.