Various Artists - Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This is the companion CD to the highly acclaimed album, Heartbeat, Voices of Fist Nations Women, featuring songs and music by various American Indian women from the U.S. & Canada like Sharon Burch, Jani Lauzon, Mary Youngblood and others. The stunning variety of styles and tradition intensify this electrifying album.

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This album contains songs of the Kwakiutl people collected by Dr. Ida Halpern (1910-1987). Halpern, an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist, studied Native music from several tribes along the coast of British Columbia, including the Haida, Tlingit, Coastal Salish, Nootka, and Bella Coola. The liner notes for this album thoroughly discuss Dr. Halpern's methodology, and provide an analysis of the music and short biographies of the performers. Other recordings by Dr. Halpern include Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Haida Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, and Nootka Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast.