Best Eskimo & Inuit Music
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I downloade it I to my coputer play it everyday thank you hopefull will buy more when they come out with a new album."
"This was received extremely quickly, five days before the first date of estimated shipping."
"The CD and the case were in great condition when I got them."
"It isn't Kolya's rare self titled which that CD is for 29.99 and its much more of a rare band than Circa."
2 Eskimo
The Residents had passed their own punk stage in 1976 with the release of "Satisfaction" and were feeling that 1979 disco, while using the studio in new ways, did not actually offer much in the way of depth.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great recording, but not like the original, which was on white vinyl."
"I am still rather new to The Residents but enjoy their mind bending mix of music."
"Re-release is awesome on vinyl!"
"A great deal of the album is made up of chilly icy winds and vocal intonations that may or may not be real Eskimo language. This glacial landscape music is cold, stark, rhythmless and incongruous, but I was compelled to listen as the tale unfolded. The story is documented effectively on the DVD that features the same music as this with a narrative style, some weird animations and icy blue stills of the tribes plight as they battle mystic spirits to retrieve a child taken by a spiritual force. The project could be mistaken for actually representing a real life account of the lives of the Nanook people but it is not meant to according to The Residents. Darkness comes across the icy wastes and the music takes on a haunting chill with howling winds and the pounding rhythms of the kooa and primitive drums. The Angakok speaks a spell and the ice cracks followed by a snake standing on the water wiggling with its head in the clouds. The music takes on a dark resonance as it depicts the eskimos blowing up and inflating the whale bladders in a ritual. The men remove their dead spirit masks and join the women in the festive ritual with hand clapping games. It is at this point that the whole thing becomes an elaborate joke as we hear the high chanting "Coca Cola adds life!" on the DVD the polar bear with the coke bottle appears and it really throws me for a loop after all the spiritism and Eskimo rituals previously. At the end of this, after being aware of the story via the DVD and notes, I am quite impressed at the entire concept and yet it leaves me pondering what it is all supposed to mean."
"The original album has liner notes that include a paragraph or so for each track detailing the Eskimo journey."
"Operating on several levels, the album is a collection of six eskimo tales told in the Residents inimitable style - a combination of the ridiculous and the sublime. If you close your eyes you could almost be there in the stories - there is a moment of touching and exquisite beauty as the eskimos dance for the end of winter and the first light as the sun rises for the first time in six months and, with a little imagination, you can be there as they rejoice at its emergence."
"When I first heard Eskimo 30 years ago I just plain didn't get it."
The album's first six selections are the most intriguing, starting with a mystical folk rave, driven by acoustic guitar and passionate violin, as conjured up by members of Kashtin, a group spawned by the Montagnais Indians of Quebec. Apache member Andrew Vasquez delivers an image-rich, spoken-word soliloquy, followed by rousing pop-folk from Mohican Bill Miller, followed next by an inventive blend of acoustic guitar, traditional flute, and percussion from the Ute trio Burning Sky.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The first couple of tracks were good but it was pretty mcc down hill from there."
"I'll admit that collection of songs barely scratches the surface when it comes to Native American music however I think it is a wonderful representation of Native American music to this new listener. While the music is clearly modern, the lyrics certainly is pure Native American."
"This one is an excellent break from that and includes Native American musicians from almost every region, ranging from Alaska and Canada, into the United States, down to Mexico, into the Amazon and over to the Andes. Most of the songs, such as "Vale do Jauari", "Akua Tuta", "Nendaa - Go Back", and "Ni'bixi dxi Zina", have a wonderful ephemeral sound to them."
"I bought this CD antiscipating another "Sacred Spirit" album but what it lacks in intensity it makes up for in diversity."
"It is a noble profession to remember the melodies and sing them in the native language, to inspire admiration for cultures different from ours, but still beautiful."
"I heard some of the songs on this CD while I was in the Native American museum in Washington DC last year and instantly fell in love with the music."
"This is a wonderful collection of contemporary Native music from the Americas."
"I searched high and low on the internet to try and find this album."
Best Native American Music
NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTES & SOUNDS OF NATURE (Relaxing Native American Flute & Nature Sounds for Massage, Sleep, Spas & Yoga) by Jessita Reyes.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We use this in our infrared sauna at our salon."
"this is another favorite of my clients, and nature sounds are so close and real, i was looking for birds the other day;). great to unwind with."
"Not what I expected."
"Love Native American music...."
"enjoy this music very much has been great for listening before going to sleep."
"Couldnt get this cd to play in any of my players."
Best Appalachian Music
These Copland performances have been the preferred versions since they were first issued--better even than the composer's own, later recordings.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm a sucker for sentiment, so I particularly love Appalachian Spring: Doppio movimento (sometimes called Variations on a Shaker Tune or Simple Gifts), but it's all wonderful."
"Considering that this is played in the car with the road noise, and player electronics, this recording was a nice relief to commute traffic."
"This CD must be in every American music collection!"
"A classic set of recordings."
"What more could you ask for -- Copland and Bernstein."
"On the last part of Appalachian Spring track 8 Moderato - Coda, the phrasing of the string section is absolutely gorgeous, and every note is played with such feeling and clarity."
"This recording of Hoe Down is sharper and clearer than is the Boston Pops rendition, but I do prefer the slightly slower pace of that recording."