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Sharon Burch - Touch the Sweet Earth (CR-535)
Sharon Burch's music for voice and guitar is the contemporary expression of traditional Navajo ways and living. Most of Sharon's songs are in the beautiful Navajo language and capture the sacredness of Mother Earth and Father Sun and the importance of family and place to the Dine. Listening to Sharon's music is to "walk in beauty". CD Review rated this album "9/9." Winner of the 1996 NAIRD Indie Awards for best Native North American album.
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R. Carlos Nakai - Canyon Trilogy (CR-610)
Using digital technology, R. Carlos Nakai creates the sound of the cedar flute echoing in the canyons and valleys of the vast Southwest. His seventeen free flowing compositions soothe the spirit and carry the listener to the far realms of the imagination. Awarded a certified Gold Records in 1998 ~ the first ever awarded for a Native American music album.
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R. Carlos Nakai - Earth Spirit (CR-612)
This album best captures the timeless serenity of the solo Native American flute. R. Carlos Nakai's music speaks to the spirit with a simplicity that transcends place and time. Includes original compositions, traditional Athabascan and Omaha melodies.
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Black Lodge - Kids' Pow-Wow Songs (CR-6274)
Twelve playful songs made by the Black Lodge Singers for kids of all ages to dance to during the pow-wow or just for fun. Includes Mighty Mouse, Flintstones, Mickey Mouse, Bunny Hop, Monster Mash and Ask Your Mom for Fifty Cents.
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Randy Wood with Will Clipman - My Heart and Soul (CR-6389)
With stirring vocals and passionate melodies, Randy Wood journeys to the heart and soul with this celebration of voice and drum. Infused with the spirit of his Plains Cree heritage and propelled by the world beat rhythms of Will Clipman, Randy sings of the yearn for love, the beauty of life and the honor of his people.
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Northern Cree & Friends - Vol. 5, Long Winter Nights! (CR-6401)
For the Native peoples of northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, the cold months of winter are round dance times. People gather from near and far to attend these traditional social dances that last through the night. Filled with humor and good feelings, the songs that accompany the dance feature soaring vocals, and the steady rhythmic pulse of the hand drum. On this "live" recording the Northern Cree Singers of Alberta, one of the most respected pow-wow groups in the U.S. and Canada, host one of the largest round dances in North America. Listen as the songs of Canada's finest round dance singers warm the heart during those long winter nights.
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Louie Gonnie - Elements (CR-6415)
With layers of subtle vocals and spiraling melodies, Louie Gonnie honors the elements of life with songs enriched with his Dine heritage. Against a backdrop of gentle rain, blowing wind, shifting earth and crackling flame, these songs bring healing to the spirit and peace to the mind.
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Alex E. Smith, Cheevers Toppah & Nitanis "Kit" Landry - Harmony Nights (CR-6416)
Grammy nominated singers Smith & Toppah join Nitanis "Kit" Landry and effortlessly blend their vocal talents to create stirring songs woven in lush harmonies. With uplifting soul and touching ethereality, these performances let shine the brilliance and expressive power of the human voice. Featuring guest artists Louie Gonnie, Anthony Wakeman and Thunder Hill.
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Pipestone - Good Ol' Fashioned NDN Lovin' (CR-6419)
From the heart of the Ojibwe woodlands, Pipestone spins tales of love's wild ups and downs in this fresh collection of round dance songs. With often hilarious lyrics taken from life on the Pow-Wow Trail, Pipestone combines tough singing and a swinging hand drum beat in this tribute to love's break-ups and make-ups.
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Radmilla Cody - Precious Friends (CR-6424)
Award winning Navajo singer Radmilla Cody presents songs for very special friends. These songs for children include well loved classics with Navajo lyrics and original compositions for children by noted educator and songwriter Herman Cody. Navajo lyrics with English translations are included in the booklet.
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Louie Gonnie - Songs of the Sacred Circle (CR-6446)
Dine songwriter and singer, Louie Gonnie illuminates the harmony of the spirit in this collection of Peyote songs. Anchored by gourd drum and sustained by waves of his flowing vocals, Gonnie leads an inner voyage from dreams to actuality, from earth to sky and from the past to eternity.
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Robert Tree Cody & Will Clipman - Heart of the Wind (CR-7072)
The haunting melodies of the Native American flute evoke the flow and cadences of breathing while the pulsing rhythms of the drum evoke the beating of the heart. This recording brings together these two very primal and human instruments in a collection of new and transforming compositions by two award-winning artists, Robert Tree Cody (Maricopa-Dakota) and Will Clipman.
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Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike - Walk In Beauty (CR-16304)
These healing songs in Sioux and Navajo are a newer style of soothing harmonized chants from the Native American Church. These songs are meant to provide spiritual peace to the listener. CD Review called this album, "...gorgeously pacific..." A 1996 NAIRD Awards finalist.
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