R. Carlos Nakai - Talisman
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Artist: R. Carlos NakaiEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-09-23
Music Label: Canyon Records
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Free Music Review: Haunting flute music from R. Carlos Nakai
Hit: 5 Stars
R. Carlos Nakai comes from Ute-Navajo background, and his instrument is a Native American flute. And his musical voice is compelling, as exemplified in this CD. According to liner notes, he has released over thirty recordings, since his first in the middle 1980s. A few lines from the last page of the liner notes:
"At the first blaze of sunlight over the horizon
The prayer is finished and thus begins the new day.
In beauty it returns. . ."
Some illustrative cuts:
"Song of Darkness": This is a rich and evocative piece, elegiac in its own way. This is both mournful and soulful music.
"Obsidian Talisman": Another soulful piece. Some notes trail off softly until the sound ends. A moment of quiet and then the music sounds once again. This creates a telling effect for me.
"Sunrise Prayer, in Beauty:" Here, vocal chanting goes along with flute playing. The joining of voice and flute provides an almost hypnotic quality to the music.
This is the first time that I have listened to a full work by Nakai; formerly, I had only heard a handful of pieces played on our local NPR station. So, if you are interested in Native American flute work, this should prove satisfying. And if you're simply interested in good music, whatever its genre, you could do a lot worse than this CD.
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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...International Music CDs
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