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Matriarch: Iroquois Women's Songs

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This is the first CD by Joanne Shenanadoah that I have listened to. It contains such beautiful music. Here are some of the reasons why I urge everyone, especially women, to buy it: Each time I listen to it I feel so moved and so proud to be a woman. The beauty of these songs truly honors all women. The arrangements of these traditional Haudenosaunee-Iroquois chants and melodies by Ms. Shenandoah and Tom Wasinger evoke peace and wellbeing. And the liner notes are wonderful to read: each song is dedicated to one of Ms. Shenandoah's family members with a description of the qualities that person has which happens to fit the particular song. Such a wonderful and loving tribute to her family. As a Kiowa/Chickasaw woman I am pleased to be able to include this in my collection of native and powwow music.

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.

This is a very uplifting and healing CD - I listen to it once or twice a day. I am just getting over an 8 month illness and it has helped me everyday to heal. It has such JOY - you will even wake up during the night with the beautiful sounds running through your head. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

The music on this CD is truly haunting. Joanne Shenandoah manages to touch in so many ways, with joy, sorrow, hope, love, and more. Her voice is clear, and it resonates with real emotion. I would recommend this to anyone for relaxation or inspiration.

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.

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.

I live much of the year in the great basins and ranges of NE California and W Nevada and transect the Sierra with great regularity so I listen to music in environments that range from FWD high desert canyons to FWD mixed coniferous forests and oak woodlands -- from gravel splattering roads and dust clouds to eight lane freeways. Everywhere I go, I find this music appropriate for where I find myself. Perhaps this is the greatest complement that can be given to music in general -- that it fits the spirit and the land. This has become one of my favorite CD's because it fits both the open skies and spaces of the high desert and the closed spaces and limited skies of forested woodlands. There is a peace in the music that extends to, and encompasses, the environment in which it is played. I highly recommend this CD to all those who journey roads seldom traveled. Even at 5PM 5MPH rush hours . . .

Matriarch has some of the most spiritually uplifting music I have ever heard. One does not have to be familiar with Native-American music or be a religious person to be carried away by the images evoked by Joanne Shenandoah's Iroquois Women's Songs. This is Womyn music at its most beautiful. Every woman with stress in her life should own a copy for its healing properties. Facinating history of the Iroquois women also.

everything i have herd about this cd is true and more this album puts all secular artists like celine,babs, madonna, witney and every other female artist to shame! this lady is so gifted and talented it's wonderful! just get the cd you will not be disapointed! winner 1998 nammy award best female artist of the year( the native american 's version of the grammys).

Joanne Shenandoah is such a wonderful singer, that I can't think of another singer in the wold who's better than she is!!!! Love to her from Barbro