Product Description

1994 GRAMMY AWARD Finalist in Best Traditional Folk Music. R.Carlos Nakai and guitarist William Eaton create a diverse music that celebrates the rich traditions of the peoples of the Americas. With the Black Lodge Singers.

Track Listing

1. I. Witnesses: Dreaming a Life
2. I. Witnesses: Beyond the Edge
3. I. Witnesses: Caravanserai
4. I. Witnesses: Indios Mythos
5. I. Witnesses: Stone Mirage
6. I. Witnesses: Unfolding Sky
7. II. First People: First Voices
8. II. First People: Covenants Shared
9. II. First People: Promise Given
10. II. First People: Making Thunder
11. II. First People: Returing As Clouds
12. II. First People: In the Silver Glow
13. III. Dreamers: Walking the Shining Earth
14. III. Dreamers: Dreams of the Children
15. III. Dreamers: Earth Chant
16. III. Dreamers: Saguaros [*]
17. III. Dreamers: Life Seeking Eternity [*]
18. III. Dreamers: Many Flags

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59351 in Music
• Brand: Eaton
• Released on: 1993-12-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Customer Reviews

Melodies that you carry with you
Nakai produces a romantic, healing, while vaguely haunting music that gently transports you back to a time when music was more than just entertainment. Nakai emulates the traditional music of his Navajo-Ute in a way that is both touching and mystic. Be prepared to be taken on a journey where you will be introduced to the feelings an impressions that Nakai himself experiences. He will show you through his music what the world around his means to him, and he will instill that awe of life in you.

Nakai doesn't fall into the trap of giving the musical tourist exactly what he expects. There is no chanting or jingling bells, no corny sound effects or war cries. Instead he simply taps into that inner peace that we all look for. Perhaps that's the reason so many people have come to appreciate his music. The universal understanding of, and need for, peace and insight.

Wonderful harmonies, mello & soothing
This is a great blend of Nakai's Native American melodies on flute and Eaton on guitar and several string instruments he designed and built. The result is a melodius interplay of harmonies and rhythms in a variety of instrumental sounds and some chants. Very calming, soothing -- great for relaxation or meditation.

THE ESSENCE OF DREAMS
By far, Nakai's best recording. This is the most haunting and beautiful CD I own. Wonderful for meditation, painting, relaxing, or drifting off to sleep. What dreams this man conjures. This far surpasses anything in the often incoherent genre of New Age Music and should not be classified as such. Nakai is in a realm all his own.

On the rare occasion this CD leaves the player beside my bed, it's usually in the player in my painting studio.

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