Matriarch

Editorial Reviews
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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

Matriarch,Joanne Shenandoah,Silver Wave,Ethnic Fusion,Native American,Neo-Traditional,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Spiritual,Vocals,World Music

Matriarch

Tracks:

She Carries It Along
She Dips Water
She Teaches
She Knocks Petals From The Flowers
She Breaks The Kettle
Her Words Are Good Again
She's Fond Of The Sky
Pretty Flower
She Sings
She Carries The Sky
She Leads The Dawn
She Puts Them Up
Little Feather

Amazon.com

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

Customer Reviews:

Gentle as the morning light falling upon the earth.......2004-10-01

I have this tape. I came across it in used music store and it had never been opened. I took a chance and now Joann Shenandoah is one of my favorites. Matriarch brings out feelings of being in nature when I hear it. I feel present at sunrise or joyful with the evening song of the birds. Most of the music is accapela with the voices of her daughter and other women of her clan. The words are in Iroquios. This is different than anything else I have in my music collection. It is soothing.

Beautful Traditional songs.......2002-03-14

It is truly wonderful that the tradition of honoring women is continuing. Joanne again honors her mother Maisie and others who have impacted her life. A wonderful example of how we must honor and respect women as they are the ones who bring us life.

Matriarch-By Joanne Shenandoah.......2001-02-25

From the moment that I first listened to this CD, I was hooked. The songs (all of them) carry a voice of wisdom within them that makes you want to sing along and at times get up and dance. By far the absolute best of Shenandoah as far as I am concerned. The most beautiful Native American womens voices there are.

Beautiful, Haunting Sounds.......2000-12-04

I bought this cd recently, and can't stop playing it. The Music is some of the most soothing, warm, conforting--this is the best CD. I have shared this CD with my friends and they agree the sound is beautiful. I would like to know the translation of the words, this I think would make it more meaningful. Sometimes you don't want to sing words that you don't know the meaning of (and I find myself trying to sing along). I wish Ms. Shenandoah would provide an interpretation of what they mean. I would recommend this to anyone who wants music to touch their heart and soul.

Not Traditonal Iroquois Songs.......2000-08-28

Although the cd sounds beautiful, the liner notes forgets to mention the songs are not sung as the are meant to be. Her songs take our "New Women's Shuffle Dance" songs and add new age twist to them. While the result is acoustically beautiful, most people are unknowing of the difference between Ms. Shenandoahs renditions and traditional Iroquoian music.

With the struggle to maintain our culture and langauges, Joanne Shanandoah does more harm than good. Young people who do not have access to people that can teach them properly, think the songs are to be sung like Ms. Shenandoah. There are songs on the "Matriach" that are the "Six Nations Women Singers" cd entitled "We Will All Sing, altough you could never tell because of Ms. Shenandoah's mutilation of the original songs. She also lists songs as traditonal arrangement because she is so disconnected from the Iroquoian commuities that she doens't actually know who have written the songs or have the common courtesy to ask their permission to record them.

Matriarch of the Blues
Average customer rating:

The Voice Done Gone

powerful good

You gotta respect somebody

Etta, it's time to retire

Blues don't have only one Diva!!!

Matriarch of the Blues
Etta James
Manufacturer: Private Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classic Female Vocal Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
General | Blues | Styles | Music
General | R&B | Styles | Music
General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
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Life, Love & the Blues

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ASIN: B00004W4LW
Release Date: 2000-12-12

Tracks:

Gotta Serve Somebody
Don't Let My Baby Ride
Rhymes
Try A Little Tenderness
Miss You
Hawg For Ya
You're Gonna Make Me Cry
Walking The Back Streets
Let's Straighten It Out
Born On The Bayou
Come Back Baby
Hound Dog

Amazon.com

The mark of great singers is their ability to turn a trifling song into an emotional masterwork. R&B legend Etta James has done it live for nearly 20 years with Kiki Dee's "Sugar on the Floor" and a few others. But what's really sublime is hearing James sink her teeth into numbers that stand up to her own greatest work--"At Last" and the other Chess hits that built her reputation. James ignites such sparks all over this new disc of mostly well-chosen covers, wrapping her deep, supple, and saucy pipes around Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" and "Hawg for You"; replacing Mick Jagger's flippancy with real heart on the Rolling Stones' "Miss You"; putting the gospel fire into Bob Dylan's "You Got to Serve Somebody"; and digging down 'n' dirty into O.V. Wright's "Don't Let My Baby Ride." The straight-ahead arrangements and undistinguished playing leave James to carry the album herself, but at 62, she's still a fireball and more than up to the task. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews:

The Voice Done Gone.......2001-06-21

It's time for Etta to hang it up. Period.

This CD is painfully embarassing. The voice done gone.

I had looked forward to hearing the several notable covers, but Etta doesn't appear to have looked forward to singing them. Most are marked by minimal effort. Uncreative, uninvolved, uninspired ... Etta uncharacteristically limps through the tunes, as if someone off-mike was forcing her through them.

I consider this purchase a complete waste of money, and listening to it an equally complete waste of time.

powerful good.......2001-05-10

Until buying this CD I rated Live in San Francisco as easily her best but this, Praise the Lord!!, is a total mindf*#k. This is righteous powerful stuff: funk in overdrive--turbocharged blues--funkified rock!!

The sound alone grabs you and slams you against your living room feature wall if you play it loud which I believe you must. It's clean and strong and goes right through you. (Even on my little superzeros which aren't supposed to have any bass response - so where did all that incredibly powerful tight bass come from ??) It sounds liver than a "live" album.

Etta puts all of her personality into each song expressing more power and authority than I've ever heard from her. Fantastic!

You gotta respect somebody.......2001-04-14

For the people who ... their only perception of singers are teenage girls with lollipops hanging out their mouth,overweight and 63-years old Etta James must seems like insult.For us who are real believers in good music,her return to blues (after several surprisingly uninspired albums of jazz covers) is a welcome change and hope that she would follow her intuition next time around.From the first few seconds is audible that her heart is in blues and she is in total control of wide range of emotions on the album,spreading them around like a magiacian.While Aretha half-heartedly grooves with new R&B sound,Etta is doing what she is doing best and makes this old songs sounds like new.How many 63-year old singers can you name,who will turn Rolling Stones disco into slow,sexy blues or squeeze gentle bossa nova "Let's straighten this out" between gospel Dylan and rocking John Fogerty,sing heartbreaking blues "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" or cover of Al Green song AND end it all with a joyful,happy "Hound Dog" in which she is actually barking (you can imagine her in studio!)? Not just because of her famous past,but because her present is so decidedly uncompromising,I love and respect Etta James.(Please stop this "diva" thing - its overused expression,reserved for a every new big-haired top-charter and the word does not describe Etta James who is recording since 1955.)

Etta, it's time to retire.......2001-03-24

It goes without saying that Etta James was one of the greatest R&B vocal artists.

Sadly for buyers of this CD, the operative word is "was."

Some singers mellow with age and present you with new and delightful variations of their unique gifts -- Ella, Sarah, Aretha, to name a few.

Etta is in the other category -- you could call it the Billie Holiday category.

At 62 years of age, Etta sounds as if she's been chain-smoking Chesterfield plain-ends since the day she cut "Fool that I am." Her range is non-existent, her intonation is poor, her delivery is flaccid, and she sounds -- I'm sorry, but there's no other way to put it -- old and tired.

The band, however, is great -- but their energy only underscores Etta's fatigue.

This album makes me feel the way I do when I see the also once-great Roberto Duran in the ring: depressed.

Blues don't have only one Diva!!!.......2001-03-02

I disagreed about some reviewers that elected Etta James a Blues Diva.She's a Diva of the blues,but she's not alone!We can't forget KoKo Taylor,Deborah Coleman,Shemekia Copeland,Susan Tedeschi,Bonnie Raitt....the list is greater,so greater... What we can say ,is that Etta James is among the best of them!!! I've enjoyed so much other works,specially "Life,Love & the Blues",but this one is not so far from that!!!The songs are rare moments of romantic covers from that great musicians,such Stones,Elvis,Big Mamma T.,.... No deceptions,what we could expected from this new cd,was so much spices and seasonings...The cover design and all of the production are marvellous!!!

Average customer rating:

Stunning!

My Calendar
Jeanne Arland Peterson
Manufacturer: Celebration
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004U2HP
Release Date: 2000-06-13

Tracks:

June in January
My Funny Valentine
Spring is here
I'll remember April
One Morning in may
June is bustin' out all over
Star Spangled Banner
Summertime
September Song / September in the rain
Early Autumn / Autumn Leaves
"Grandma's Turkey"
The Christmas Song

Album Description

Peterson Family matiarch Jeanne Peterson shares some of her favorite jazz standards that reflect her love for the piano and the music that has filled her and her families life. Produced by her son Paul Peterson (current Donnie and Marie show bandleader)

Customer Reviews:

Stunning!.......2000-06-14

Instrumental jazz at it's finest! Wonderful "concept" CD , taking songs from each month of the year. Jeanne Arland is the talented mother of the famous musical Peterson clan of Minnesota. Her kids, Linda,Billy, Patty, Ricky and Paul have played with everyone from Prince to George Benson. This time it's Jeanne's time to shine - hear where her kids get all the talent from!

Average customer rating:

The Child, The Christmas Rose
Jeanne Arland Peterson
Manufacturer: Celebration Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAGH82
Release Date: 2001-11-27

Tracks:

Silent Night
Hark the Hearld Angels Sing
O Come All Ye Faithful
When Blossoms Flowered 'Mid the Snow
O Holy Night
First Noel
Child Is Born
O Little Town of Bethlehem
What Child Is This
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Average customer rating:

Timeless

Manufacturer: Celebration
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA2J2U
Release Date: 2001-11-27

Average customer rating:

Tales of a Southern Matriarch

Manufacturer: Jane Dail Roper
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA7DLM
Release Date: 2004-06-15

{IMPORT} Invocation Of The Great Spirit, Welcome Song (The Grand Entry), Flag Song, Jingle Dance (Ladies Dance), Sun Dance, Grass Dance Of The Northern Tribes, Butterfly Song, Intertribal Chant, Warrior's Chant, Red Chant, Desert Song, Closing Rites {{{PRODUCED BY JOHN MATARAZZO FOR INTERRA RECORDS, INC.}}}

Average customer rating:

{IMPORT} Invocation Of The Great Spirit, Welcome Song (The Grand Entry), Flag Song, Jingle Dance (Ladies Dance), Sun Dance, Grass Dance Of The Northern Tribes, Butterfly Song, Intertribal Chant, Warrior's Chant, Red Chant, Desert Song, Closing Rites {{{PRODUCED BY JOHN MATARAZZO FOR INTERRA RECORDS, INC.}}}
Drummers and Dancers Navajo and Sioux Nation Singers , and INC. PRODUCED BY JOHN MATARAZZO FOR INTERRA RECORDS
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000JI6IFO

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