Ancestral Voices

R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 15, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Canyon Records
• ASIN: B00000138D
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,801 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #35 in Music > World Music > North America > Native American

Editorial Reviews

1994 GRAMMY AWARD Finalist in Best Traditional Folk Music. R.Carlos Nakai and guitarist William Eaton create a diverse music that celebrates the rich traditions of the peoples of the Americas. With the Black Lodge Singers.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful harmonies, mello & soothing, January 5, 2000

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Catvision (Fort Collins, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ancestral Voices (Audio CD)

This is a great blend of Nakai's Native American melodies on flute and Eaton on guitar and several string instruments he designed and built. The result is a melodius interplay of harmonies and rhythms in a variety of instrumental sounds and some chants. Very calming, soothing -- great for relaxation or meditation.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Melodies that you carry with you, February 16, 2001

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Trent M. Nicholson "professor_nicholson" (Yucca Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ancestral Voices (Audio CD)

Nakai produces a romantic, healing, while vaguely haunting music that gently transports you back to a time when music was more than just entertainment. Nakai emulates the traditional music of his Navajo-Ute in a way that is both touching and mystic. Be prepared to be taken on a journey where you will be introduced to the feelings an impressions that Nakai himself experiences. He will show you through his music what the world around his means to him, and he will instill that awe of life in you.

Nakai doesn't fall into the trap of giving the musical tourist exactly what he expects. There is no chanting or jingling bells, no corny sound effects or war cries. Instead he simply taps into that inner peace that we all look for. Perhaps that's the reason so many people have come to appreciate his music. The universal understanding of, and need for, peace and insight.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE ESSENCE OF DREAMS, April 27, 2002

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Unlucky Frank (Lalaland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ancestral Voices (Audio CD)

By far, Nakai's best recording. This is the most haunting and beautiful CD I own. Wonderful for meditation, painting, relaxing, or drifting off to sleep. What dreams this man conjures. This far surpasses anything in the often incoherent genre of New Age Music and should not be classified as such. Nakai is in a realm all his own.

On the rare occasion this CD leaves the player beside my bed, it's usually in the player in my painting studio.

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