Act to change men's lives and minds: an Alcheringa sound anthology

PennSound Podcasts

For Episode 32 of PennSound podcasts, Nick DeFina and Amaris Cuchanski collaborated to present an anthology of seven recordings from among those produced in association with Alcheringa magazine by Dennis Tedlock and Jerome Rothenberg. For Jacket2's "Reissues" department, Danny Snelson has prepared a digital edition of the EP audio inserts that appeared with the magazine in each issue. Here are the seven recordings chosen for our podcast anthology: Jerome Rothenberg, "The Tenth Horse-Song of Frank Mitchell" (1971); Andrew Peynesta, "Once Long Ago," in the original Zuni language (1973); Jaime de Angulo, "Story of the Gilak Monster" (1975); Son House, "Conversion Experience Narrative" (1976); Awawo, Ogiepo, Asegieme, "Nigerian Songs of Ritual License" (1976); Reverend W.T. Goodwin, "Easter Sunrise Sermon" (1971); Hotoke-Oroshi, "Manifestations of the Dead" (1953).