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Release Date: 25-10-1999
Label: Silver Wave Records
Catalog Number: SD922
Barcode: 21585092228
Musical Style: Native American
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Painted Caves | 8 | Ee-You-Oo  |
| 2 | Friends | 9 | Flute Song |
| 3 | Popay Runner | 10 | Courtship of Starboy |
| 4 | Hunting Party | 11 | Acid Rain Dance |
| 5 | Skinwalker’s Moon | 12 | Day of the Dead |
| 6 | Onate | 13 | Quiet Season |
| 7 | Bataan Death March | ||
Review:
'...ancestral drumming and ritualistic chanting ... create an intoxicating swirl as they intermingle with contemporary ideas and sounds. Mirabal flashes to an ancient people coming to terms with the modernity that surrounds them.' - (The Voice)
Description:
In song, chant and music, Robert Mirabal tells stories of the land known as Taos, New Mexico.
Robert Mirabal can be called a Native American 'Renaissance man' - musician, composer, master craftsman, poet, actor and screenwriter - but he always stays true to his roots.
Haunting and spirited, on Taos Tales the words of his Tiwa language ring forth in a powerful and evocative musical setting highlighted by Native flute and Mirabal's band on cello, guitar and percussion. Taos Tales is a brilliant cross-over release bridging the gap between his previous ethereal flute releases and his recent rock oriented titles.
Biography:
There's always a flute player in every tribe. I never would have guessed it at the time, but I've become that flute player. The tribe is the Taos Pueblo. The time was when Robert was 18 and he encountered for the first time, the Native American flute. Now, his handcrafted flutes are in the Smithsonian National Museum.
From the powwow auction where he saw that first flute, to Japan, England and all the world, Robert plays with the noble purpose of honoring the land, his family, his ancestors and his tribe who have occupied the same area of Northern New Mexico for over a thousand years. While deeply aware of his heritage, Robert looks at the responsibility universally: I offer my work as a healing for the human spirit and a rememberence of why we are all here together.
In addition to the music and instruments he creates, Robert is also a celebrated painter, poet and playwright. He is the author of A Skeleton of a Bridge, a book of poetry, prose and short stories. He has lent his words and insights to several educational and documentary films, including two narrated by Robert Redford, Silent Witness and Sacred Sites. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Award and the New York Dance and Performer's Bessie Award for composition. Robert has also been named Songwriter of the Year twice in 1998 and again in 1999 at the annual Native American Music Awards.
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