Native American Music

[I, Brian]

I have a few "Rough Guide" to world music CDs, and rediscovered that I've got one on Native American music.

There's quite an eclectic mix of traidtional, electronic - even rap in one instance.

However, just in case it's relevant I thought I'd pass on the name of the artists who seem to be more focussed on the traditional music - in case anyone is trying to trak down some traditional sounding Native American music:

Chester Mahooty
Blackstone Singers
Black Lodge Singers

I could only find the third group on Amazon. There are also some interesting free clips to listen to when you visit some of the CD pages.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...837336-7849403

For example:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music


PS - these are not affiliate links

[sjr]

yes I really got into Drumming after reading Chief Seattle's Lament in,"The Power Of Myth" actually brought tears

Originally Posted by I, Brian

I have a few "Rough Guide" to world music CDs, and rediscovered that I've got one on Native American music.

There's quite an eclectic mix of traidtional, electronic - even rap in one instance.

However, just in case it's relevant I thought I'd pass on the name of the artists who seem to be more focussed on the traditional music - in case anyone is trying to trak down some traditional sounding Native American music:

Chester Mahooty
Blackstone Singers
Black Lodge Singers

I could only find the third group on Amazon. There are also some interesting free clips to listen to when you visit some of the CD pages.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...837336-7849403

For example:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music


PS - these are not affiliate links

[BluejayWay]

Music for The Native Americans, Robbie Robertson (of the Band) and the Red Road Ensemble, is an essential disc for anyone interested in modern American Indian music--profoundly moving music. "Ghost Dance" never fails to move me to tears.

Crow has brought the message
to the children of the sun
for the return of the buffalo
and for a better day to come

You can kill my body
You can damn my soul
for not believing in your god
and some world down below

You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again

My sister above
She has red paint
She died at Wounded Knee
like a later day saint

You got the big drum in the distance
blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
when the buffalo cry

You don't stand a chance
against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
against my love
They outlawed the Ghost Dance
but we shall live again,
we shall live again

Crazy Horse was a mystic
He knew the secret of the trance
And Sitting Bull the great apostle
of the Ghost Dance

Come on Comanche
Come on Blackfoot
Come on Shoshone
Come on Cheyenne

We shall live again

Come on Arapaho
Come on Cherokee
Come on Paiute
Come on Sioux

We shall live again

Honor the Earth Powwow: Songs of the Great Lakes Indians, a release from Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart's great The World series, is unadulterated, live, Indian drumming from several American Midwest Indian "drums", groups performing traditional drumming and singing as a sacred music.
If one is lucky enough to live near the site of an annual powwow open to the public, this is the powerful, transcendent music you would hear--

[I, Brian]

Good call BlueJayway - some interesting pieces there.

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

Has anybody here seen the program Spirit written by Peter Buffett? It was a story of a young man's journey into rediscovering his Native American roots, and it had quite a bit of drumming and a Native American flute player (I can't quite remember his name, but his music is interesting to listen to. I feel so much like a .) The program was filmed in Wisconsin with both Broadway-style and Native dancers.

There is a cd that contains the music from the performance.
Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine