SPEAKING THE MAMMA TONGUE

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Release Date: 07-10-2004

Label: Aquarius International Music

Catalog Number: AQ2083

Barcode: 4015749820839

Musical Style: World Beat

Track Listing:

Disc 1
1	Maybe we should stand back [07:33]	6	Vanya don't go away [05:26]
2	Owl Dream [04:43]	7	Piano raga [06:33]
3	Face the wind [05:42]	8	Sabe minea ba [05:25]
4	Dun gabow [03:39]	9	Three deva chant [06:44]
5	Oma wani yea [05:18]

Review:

'John's doing some quiet brave things. It's hard to mix cultural strains together and have continuity. He does that wonderfully' - David Bowie (in conversation with journalist Iris Brooks)

Description:

The pure poetry of the soul is given voice through the Mamma Tongue, an expression of global unity that harkens back to the time before words, when heart-to-heart communication transcended a single vocabulary.

These songs are the result of an extended musical journey, an expression of music-making as a path towards movement of both the body and the soul. They encompass the spirit of ancient cultures from Africa, Native North America, Tibet and the Middle East, as well as the heart of the West, in an uplifting fusion of ethnic instruments, diverse rhythms, colorful melodies and ancient languages.

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