Release Date: 11 March 2022
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093074059920
Genres: Folk  World Music  
Release Date: 11 March 2022
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093074059920
Genres: Folk  World Music  
Description
Sung with grace and conviction, the renditions of Naxi folksongs by He Jinhua on 'Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China' offer a glimpse at a tradition rarely heard outside its homeland.
These songs are full of references to snow-clad mountains, rushing rivers, spring flowers, and the profusion of local wildlife in the Naxi heartland of northwest Yunnan province, tableaus that are reflected in the lilting verse in which they're sung. On this first collection of Naxi folksongs released outside of China, He presents songs she has learned since childhood from relatives, farmers, colleagues, and field collectors all over the region, as well as pieces for jaw harp and two collaborations with Grammy-winning composer Daniel Ho.
Tracklisting
Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
The Po' Ramblin Boys
Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell & Ed Young
Sonya Cohen Cramer
Various
Ann Savoy
Charlie Parr
Third Ear Band
William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Hamid Drake
Verckys & Orchestre Vévé
Sessa
The Ipanemas
Azymuth
Dobet Gnahore
Kuljit Bhamra