The Colorful World.The Colorful World Jay Begaye Canyon Records 3131 W Clarendon Av, Phoenix AZ 85017 CR-6403 $15.99 www.canyonrecords.com The Colorful World: Songs From The Dine Heartland is a compilation of pieces showcasing the award winning musical talents of Jay Begaye and is a welcome and valued addition to Native American music Native American music. The music of Native North Americans is primarily a vocal art, usually choral, although some nations favor solo singing. Native American music is entirely melodic; there is no harmony or polyphony, although there is occasional antiphonal singing between soloist and chorus. The melody is, in general, characterized by a descending melodic figure; its rhythm is irregular. collections. The Dine Nation musical contributions comprising this outstanding recording include: Interstate 40 (4:36); Sending Letters (4:07); Yellowstone Dawn (4:16); "Dine" Flag Song (4:30); Short-N-Snappy Snappy - Snappy Video Snapshot (3:57); In Beauty We Walk (4:04); Precious Love (4:53); Cotton Candy/ Lollipop (4:18); Saving Dookoosliid (3:50); and Chicken Dance (2:59), With a total running time of 46:26, The Colorful World presents listeners with a profound beauty of sound and spirit. Also very highly recommended from Canyon Records is Confederacy Confederacy, name commonly given to the Confederate States of America (1861–65), the government established by the Southern states of the United States after their secession from the Union. (For the events leading up to secession and for the military operations of the Confederacy in the conflict between North and South which followed, see Civil War. Style: Pow-Wow Songs Recorded Live at Post Falls (CR-6405, $15.99), by the Blackfoot Blackfoot, Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They occupied in the early 19th cent. a large range of territory around the Upper Missouri (above the Yellowstone) and North Saskatchewan rivers W to the Rockies. Their name derives from the fact that they dyed their moccasins black. Confederacy. |
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