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Canyon
Trilogy: Native American Flute Music by R.
Carlos Nakai
On this
recording, Nakai's flute sounds even more
plaintive than usual, as if the spirits of these
forgotten ancestors had entered into the studio
to fill his playing with the whispered
reverberations of their ancient ways.
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Heart
of the World by Mary Youngblood
The precious
value of this recording lies not only in its
enchanting embrace of Native American culture,
nature, and love, but the divine music it
creates from simple, natural instruments. |
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Sacred
Spirits: Chants & Dances of the Native
Americans
Sacred
Spirit: Chants and Dances of the Native
Americans
is an 11-song journey bridging the gap between
ancient and contemporary history, tradition and
modern instrumentation. |
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Taos
Tales by Robert Mirabal
With Taos
Tales, Robert Mirabal aurally gives form,
function, and sacred breath to the commanding
vision and essence of the magnificent Taos
Valley...splendid, humble, and vital. |
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Inner
Voices by R. Carlos Nakai
With Inner
Voices, R. Carlos Nakai revisits some
familiar ground with new renditions of
previously recorded material. |
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Inside
Monument Valley by Paul Horn/Carlos Nakai
The
sublimity of Inside Monument Valley isn't
in the lovely flute music created by Paul Horn
and Carlos Nakai, but rather in the exquisite
interplay between Arizona's Monument Valley (the
birds, insects, rain, thunder, and echoing
canyon walls). |
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Walela
Walela...the
Cherokee word for hummingbird and the symbol of
inspiration for this family of women singers.
They are Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla
Coolidge, and Priscilla's daughter Laura
Satterfield. |
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Peacemaker's
Journey by Joanne Shenandoah
Voted Best
Female Artist in both 1998 and '99 at the Native
American Music Awards, Shenandoah has even
topped herself with this concept album that
chronicles the Iroquois legend of the
Peacemaker. |
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Mythic
Dreamer: Music For Native American Flute by
R. Carlos Nakai
On this album the Native melodies sound
forceful, almost triumphant, partially due to
the short, staccato bursts that Nakai often uses
to begin a melodic line--sounds that bring to
mind a child's laughter or the contented
chirping of a dawn bird. |
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Matriarch
by Joanne Shenandoah
In this
collection celebrating the nurturing spirit of
not only the women in Shenandoah's life but of
all mothers, sisters, aunts, and friends,
Shenandoah sings traditional Iroquois chants
with a unique grace and poise. |
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