March 19, 2009

v/a Navajo Songs (Folkways, 1992)...


The lifestyles, philosophies, and traditions of the Navajo nation are represented by songs for herding, planting, harvesting, hunting, blessing hogans, and soothing children. The 1933 and 1940 field recordings from settlements in New Mexico and Arizona beautifully document a music largely vocal and highly melodic with relatively short song phrases repeated, divided, and combined in intriguingly complex ways.

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4 comments:

  1. wow im glad i found this blog, you fucking rule dude keep it up

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  2. Hi from Cy
    Thanks for this, it will help decypher ths language of the seagulls.
    Great postings and a great read.
    Power to the people
    Cy from Pck

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