TALISMAN

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Release Date: 20-08-2008

Label: Canyon Records

Catalog Number: CR7084-2

Barcode: 729337708426

Musical Style: Native American

Track Listing:

Disc 1
1	Song of Darkness [04:41]	8	Happiness Carries Me - two flutes [04:02]
2	Obsidian Talisman - two flutes [05:32]	9	Tranquility [04:27]
3	Coyote Calling [03:18]	10	White Shell Talisman - two flutes [04:45]
4	Celestial Realm - two flutes [04:07]	11	Pollen Path [04:31]
5	Sun's House [05:06]	12	Wisdom's Edge - two flutes [03:47]
6	Glimmering Dawn - two flutes [05:01]	13	Sunrise Prayer, In Beauty [06:08]
7	Cedar Breeze [04:01]

Description:

Talisman celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of R. Carlos Nakai's first release, Changes, and returns to the pure, haunting sound of the Native American flute unaccompanied by other instruments. Talisman is a continuous soundscape as Nakai alternates songs for one flute and songs for two flutes in a rich tapestry of music “so soothing, it unwrinkles mind and soul...”

Biography:

R. Carlos Nakai has explored and developed the relationship between established and new musical ideas for the Native American wooden flute. Classically trained on the trumpet, Nakai has nevertheless always been involved in the music and culture of his Navajo people. He has become accomplished on the siyotanka, the Lakota name for the wooden flute. Nakai has studied and lived with many different Native American tribes, adapting their musical traditions to his own style. He represented the Native Americans at the Magic Flute Festival in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has performed at galleries, schools, museums and festivals. A visual artist and teacher, Nakai works with the Arizona Commission on the Arts.

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