Native Flute Ensemble – Spirit Wind
MP3 @320 | 58:55 | 2007 | 134.89 MB
[ available in flac upon request ]
For more than 15 years the Native Flute Ensemble has been at the forefront of the
revival of interest in Native American music throughout the world. Through the
group’s five releases, the ensemble received critical and popular acclaim from early
on with releases like “Ritual Mesa” and “Gathering of Shamen”. The Native Flute
Ensemble was one of the first Native ensembles to marry the Native American flute,
powwow drums and rattles with contemporary keyboards. At the same time the group
also excels in traditional Native American music as heard on several cuts on this CD.
In recent years the Native American flute has undergone an amazing renaissance as
audiences around the world have become enraptured with its sonorous sound. After
nearly being forgotten during the past several decades, Native American and
non-American listeners are rediscovering the music of what the Lakota/Sioux call the
“Enlightening Breath”.
In North America the most common flute is the courting flute of the Plains Indians.
According to tradition, a young man hoping to win the attention of a young woman
would go into the forest to find a special wood to make the flute from. He would then
spend many hours carving the flute, which works essentially like a European recorder.
The young man would then compose a special melody on the flute – one that no-one had ever heard before.
He would play the song outside the woman’s tepee during the evening.
If the young woman found the melody pleasing, she would leave her tepee and meet with the flute player.
Courting flutes usually measure between six and eight inches (about 15-20 cm) and are made of a variety of woods.
Often the flute maker would carve a f1ute in the shape of a particular “spirit animal”, such as an eagle or a fish to give it special powers.
Another type of flute is the medicine flute used by several tribes in the Southwest.
The Apaches used the flute during the course of various healing ceremonies.
Within the past decade musicians have re-discovered the Native American flute’s
special charms as both a solo and ensemble instrument and have begun composing
new music for the instrument, which reflects the Native American heritage.
TRACKLIST:
1. Drummer’s Journey
2. Red Hawk’s Rattle
3. Calling The Spirits
4. Sacred Spaces
5. Healer’s Melody
6. Cosmic Tree
7. Spirit Rock
8. Spirit Wind
9. Invoking Hawk’s Spirit
10. Offerings Against An Empty Sky
11. Guardians Of The Medicine Pipes
12. Flutes Of The Heart
13. Flute And Drum Quest
14. Flesh Of The White Corn
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