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We’re in a story that will always include the ancient while riding to the outer edge. We’ll get there with music, poetry, lyrics, stories, sheer sorrow and joy. Start with a voice. Let it fly free. Bring in a saxophone to touch those places the words can’t reach. Add an insatiable guitar, some heavy philosophical bass, a little piano and Mvskoke and other tribal rhythms to take us back to Congo Square and before, back up into the Milky Way. Add the good thoughts of those we’ve met along the way. We’ve got it and we’re traveling now.
This is Harjo’s breakout album. An album of new songs coming from the heart of the Earth. The opening song reaching into our primordial center and pulling forward into the conscious, the memories of our ancestors to wake us to our destiny.
NEW RELEASE!
Winding Through the Milky Way
1. Opening Song for the Maker
2. Rabbit is Up to Tricks
3. This is My Heart
4. No Huli
5. Winding Through the Milky Way
6. Flute Loop One
7. Equinox
8. Morning Song
9. Sunrise
10. Flute Loop Two
11. Witchi Tai To
12. Goin’ Home
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PRODUCED BY LARRY MITCHELL
Joy Harjo
Poetry, singing, saxophone, flutes, ukulele, stomp dance cans and shells, rain stick, other percussion and moving around
Larry Mitchell
Guitars, bass, percussion, synth pads, and brilliant spirit
Robert Muller
Piano
Special guest: Julian B
Mvskoke traditional singing on Goin’ Home
Lurline McGregor
Additional singing and counting on This is My Heart and No Huli
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An Interview with Joy about her new CD, Winding Through the Milky Way.
“As a superannuated refugee from the Jazz Age, I especially like your work on the alto, and this comes from someone who was brought up on Johnny Hodges, Willy Smith and Benny Carter. But you also have a fine voice and use it well.” —Hayden Carruth, National Book Award winner for Poetry, and music writer.
…With a double shot of heart, beauty, freedom, peace and grace that blends traditional Native rhythms and singing with jazz, rock, blues and hip-hip, Harjo….is right at the top of the heap of the best contemporary American poetry-and-music artists.” —Thomas Rain Crow
The Bloomsbury Review
A little road music to accompany you on the timeless journey between earth and sky.
