Shaman's Journey [Single]

Robert Turgeon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: December 30, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Standing Bear Music
• ASIN: B00000I6Y4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #835,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #34 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Native American

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual Resonance, May 27, 2009

By 

Brent R. Swanson "coffee shop inspector" (Crooper, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voices From the Spirit World (Audio CD)

Robert Turgeon's album is not a creation that can be fully absorbed at one or even a few listenings. Unlike the music of R. Carlos Nakai or even Ah-Nee-Mah, where the listener will find graspable melodies, Turgeon weaves flute music into a fabric of nature sounds, drummings, rattles, and chants, to create "sound paintings" that ultimately weave into the album's total audio imagery. Like a pictograph, it can be savored as an artwork, but never completely comprehended.

Like his Celtic contemporary, Enya, Turgeon creates the majority of his accompaniement, which is sewn together in the studio. Each element--flute, drumbeats, chants--so complements the others that it all seems effortless, and is obviously the product of painstaking labor.

This album may not please listeners in search of straightforward melody, but those willing to invest time through repeated listening will be rewarded by the many layers within the overall mystery.