Joy Harjo - Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace - VINYL LP

As a poet and musician, Joy Harjo channels a creative force she describes as a Inchvibration of loveInch to connect countless traditions and artforms, countering the despair and heartache caused by power and hate. Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace, her debut for Smithsonian Folkways, draws on the long-intertwined rhythms of jazz and poetry, the power of improvisation and self-expression through sound, and the vitality of Native culture and spirituality to spark a chain of vibrational energy to engulf the whole world. Harjo's voice is bold and direct, supported producer and bass player esperanza spalding, covering a repertoire that includes a jazz standard, a song written by Harjo's mother and uncovered by her sister, and many originals that speak to contemporary issues and her life as one of the most celebrated American poets of the last century. Album Tracks 1. Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace 2. Rabbit Is Up to Tricks 3. I Pray for My Enemies 4. Fear Redux 5. Without 6. Mahk Jchi 7. Instinct 8. My Guy 9. Perhaps the World Ends Here 10. Stomp All Night 11. I Am a Prayer 12. In the Beautiful Perfume and Stink of the World 13. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat