Joanne Shenandoah - Matriarch~Iroquois Women's Songs (1996)
If there's a female equivalent to Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai in vision and talent, it's Joanne Shenandoah. In this collection celebrating the nurturing spirit of not only the women in Shenandoah's life but of all mothers, sisters, aunts, and friends, Shenandoah sings traditional Iroquois chants with a unique grace and poise. Her voice shimmers like silk in motherly lullabies and soft incantations. Some songs feature light accompaniment from a cedar flute and occasional drums, but most of the CD is Shenandoah's naturally beautiful voice echoing over a landscape of inspiring silence. Healing and exquisite. --Karen Karleski
1. Kahawi'tha [She Carries It Along]
2. Kanekotsy^: Tha? [She Dips Water]
3. Yakolihuny^Hi [She Teaches]
4. Katsitsy^Tha? [She Knocks Petals from the Flowers]
5. Tekanatsyaslitha [She Breaks the Kettle]
6. Tsyakow^Niyo [Her Words Are Good Again]
7. Kaluhyanu: Wes
8. Katsitsi?: Yos [Pretty Flowers]
9. Tekalihwa Kwha [She Sings]
10. Kalunyaha: Wi [She Carries the Sky]
11. Taw^: Tene? [She Leads the Dawn]
12. Kahlu'nyuhe? [She Puts Them Up]
13. K^Nikast?Sla [Little Feather]
Review by Carol Wright, All Music Guide
Joanne Shenandoah's voice is silvery smooth, golden rich, and milky warm. According to Shenandoah, woman of the Iroquois served as spiritual advisors, political counselors, and healers -- placed in positions to temper the aggressive nature of the males. Matriarch is dedicated to members of Shenandoah's clan -- sisters, aunts, grandmothers -- and other key women of the Oneida. Her native language is strong on long vowels, smoother even than Hawaiian; the album is as soothing as a lullaby yet brisk with breathtaking vocal harmonies and catchy rhythms. Tom Wasinger's instrumentals on autoharp, resonating stones, bass, guitars, pianolin, and percussion cradle the lyrics as do the environmental sounds from grottoes and caverns. If you need to feel protected, nurtured, welcomed, prayed for, creative, and blessed, play this album
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