New native music as a style is the meeting point for musicians from within and outside the ever-expanding circle around Native American song. The artists on this CD share a deep respect for Native American roots, but are not trapped in their past. Not hindered by (knowledge of) ceremonies and rituals, they can freely interpret the traditional forms and add things to it. Full-bred and half-blood
… descendants of Indian tribes and whites come together and compose "new native music". In addition to Andrew Vasquez, Jim Wilson of the Little Wolf Band, Gary Stroutsos, Joseph Fire Crow and Joanne Shehandoah, Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla and daughter Laura can also be heard. The CD contains beautiful spatial music with plenty of room for the well-known Indian flute sound. (GO) _more
