Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Joy Harjo Title: Native Joy For Real Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Mekko Productions Original Release Date: 7/8/2004 Re-Release Date: 9/15/2004 Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Jazz Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 825346254326 |
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Internationally known Native American poet and musician Joy Harjo mixes the powerful lyrics of her raw smoky singing topped with jazzy, saucy licks of her alto sax. The result is a distinct native sound blended with jazz, ... more » |
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Album Description Internationally known Native American poet and musician Joy Harjo mixes the powerful lyrics of her raw smoky singing topped with jazzy, saucy licks of her alto sax. The result is a distinct native sound blended with jazz, rock, even folk and a touch of hip hop soul for spice. You can sing to it, you can dance to it, cry to it, even laugh a little. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsNATIVE JOY FOR REAL ROCKS! Pamela Uschuk | Salem College Center for Women Writers | 11/11/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "Joy Harjo's new cd, "Native Joy for Real," rocks! Harjo's music matters, in content and in arrangement, an intoxicating blend of reggae, traditional Native American, Caribbean and African rhythms. From hauntingly beautiful songs like "Grace" and "This is my Heart" to disturbing and unforgettable songs like "The Woman hanging from the 13th Floor," "Fear Song" and "Reality Show" to the tongue-in-cheek playfulness of the final piece, "The Had-It-Up-To-Here Round Dance," Harjo proves once again why she is a genius on so many levels-as a poet, an arranger, and a musician. She also proves irrefutably that she can sing us all back to life. Her voice is at once strong and vulnerable. I've listened to this cd again and again--in the car, at home, and in classrooms. Each time, it never fails to move me to tears or to dance at my luck to be alive and listening to such powerful music. Do yourself a favor. Buy this cd for yourself and one for someone you care about. Pamela Uschuk, Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers " Really horrible. Just Me | Here (usually) | 10/11/2005 (1 out of 5 stars) "I loved Letters from the End of the Twentieth Century. But Native Joy for Real sucks. It's an unmelodious stew of upsetting noise. How could she have gotten so bad so quickly?" Better unsung D. Rachlin | Stow, MA USA | 10/02/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "Put this cd on, close your eyes, and imagine a Native American Yoko Ono and a bit of Germany's Nena (sans baloons), and you may have an idea of what's in store. A real mixture of musical styles...and singing ability...makes you want to listen over and over again, first out of disbelief that Harjo would do this to her brilliant poems, and then because you suddenly begin to like it. Any fan of Joy Harjo has to have this cd, but it's no way to introduce newcomers to her work; better off with the regular texts with poems or the Letter from the end of the century cd."
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