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Mary Youngblood - Sacred Place SD950
Sacred Place
A Mary Youngblood Collection (SD 950)
With rich vibrato and notes that melt into your heart, Mary Youngblood takes the artistry of Native American flute music to its highest level. Her song writing brings forth some of the sweetest original melodies ever performed on this instrument, and the collection herein showcases the most sublime.
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Mary Youngblood Sacred Place SD950
When this two time Grammy Award winner reflects on her life she resonates with the peaceful warrior. Both softness and strength come through in her deeply passionate music inspired by the wonders of nature. These peaceful and vibrant songs have been carefully selected to quiet the mind, relax the body, and inspire one to contemplate the Sacred Place within.
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Mary Youngblood
Dance With The Wind (SD 944)
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2007 Grammy® Award Winner,
Best Native American Music Album
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Sometimes the wind whispers and sometimes the wind howls. When GRAMMY® winner Mary Youngblood lets the wind flow through her Native American flutes the result is always one of beauty and joy. Inspired by the wisdom of nature, Mary writes: “The trees have given a voice to me, the voice that sings to you now.” Her eclectic musical style evokes feelings of freedom, and gratitude for the blessings of life, our Dance with the Wind.
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Mary Youngblood is the premiere female Native American flute player in the country. Winner of numerous awards, she garnered the 2003 GRAMMY® for Beneath the Raven Moon. She twice received Flutist of the Year along with Best Female Artist from the Native American Music Awards for her other releases. You can also hear Youngblood on Feed the Fire, Heart of the World and The Offering.
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Feed the Fire (SD 939)
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2005 Grammy Award Nominee,
Best Native American Music Album
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Youngblood's newest release follows her Grammy Award winning album, Beneath the Raven Moon and offers stellar performances on Native American flute with signature melodies again framed in captivating arrangements spanning a variety of musical styles.
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Mary is heard for the first time performing on piano and alto flute,
and offers sweet vocals with original lyrics on two songs. With special
guest appearances by Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull), Bill Miller,
and Joanne Shenandoah, Feed the Fire is full of energy,
warmth and passion.
"Absolutely enchanting! Youngblood beautifully demonstrates
the talent that earned her numerous Native American Music Awards."
-Billboard
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Beneath the Raven Moon (SD/SC 931)
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2003 Grammy Award Winner,
Best Native American Music Album
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Mary Youngblood's "Beneath the Raven Moon" is poetry of the heart flowing forth from the Native American flute.
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One of the true stars of Native America, Mary Youngblood is the Winner of numerous high profile awards including: Best Female Artist & Best Flutist at the Native American Music Awards. This superb collection of songs showcases her talents in adventurous new settings from Blues to Classical, all the while treating us to the beautiful heartfelt flute melodies for which she is known and loved. Additionally and for the first time ever, this album showcases Youngblood's strong voice harmonizing along with her many flutes. The title of each track on the CD is a line from a poem written by Youngblood giving this album a poetic concept album feel. Further instrumentation is arranged by award winning producer Tom Wasinger who has worked on each of Youngblood's three albums. With this new release look for Mary Youngblood to garner more awards and accolades in 2002!
"Blending Folk and Native American music, Youngblood is subtle tonic for hectic times." -UTNE Reader
"Mary Youngblood brings a fresh perspective to original melodies." -Dirty Linen Magazine
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Heart of the World (SD 921)
The next evolution of Mary Youngblood's original sound promises to take listeners to places they have never been with the Native American flute.
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Colorful, poignant and textured, these songs are uniquely presented including
vocals by Joanne Shenandoah on six tracks and instruments including
guitar, cittern, dulcimer, bass, drums, eagle bone whistle and of course,
Youngblood's exquisite multi-chamber Native flutes. Both meditative and
playful, this recording is a true celebration of the heart. Dedicated
to three Americans who worked with the U'wa people of the rain forest,
this recording is named Heart of the World, the name the U'wa people
have given their native lands in South America. A portion of the proceeds
from this release will benefit the U'wa people and their fight against
the global oil companies who are threatening their lands.
Heart of the World has been named BEST NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDING
by The Association For Independent Music (Indie Award) and New Age Voice
(NAV Award). This release has also garnered the NAMMY Award for BEST
NEW AGE RECORDING at the 2000 Native American Music Awards.
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The Offering (SD 917)
On this debut release, Mary Youngblood performs on a variety of flutes, crafted from various types of wood and in different keys, giving each one its own unique sound.
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Television audiences were first introduced to Youngblood on a PBS special entitled, "American Indian Circles of Wisdom," which featured Youngblood's original compositions. A top emerging artist, Youngblood has been featured in News From Indian Country, Explore Indian Country, Native Peoples Magazine and Aboriginal Voices. Songs from "The Offering" will also be featured on "Heartbeat II," a compilation of Native American Women artists on the Smithsonian Folkways label. Youngblood's music is also included on "Naturally Native," a 1998 film produced, written and directed entirely by Native Americans.
"The Offering," a traditional solo flute release, features all original compositions recorded live in the natural acoustic space of the underground Moaning Caverns of California. The Flute comes alive in the hands of Mary Youngblood. Her haunting music is much more than a song, it is "liquid poetry, a prayer."
Recorded live in 1997 inside the Moaning Caverns Executive Producer, James Marienthal said, "We listen in awe as the music flows forth, resonating throughout the cavern. Besides Mary's flute and breath, the only sound heard on this recording are the natural sounds of the cavern, which add just enough presence to let yourself imagine being there."
"Mary Youngblood's solo flute album, 'The Offering' is a vibrant, pulsating MASTERPIECE." - Daily Camera Newspaper
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Mary Youngblood's recording career began with Silver Wave Records in 1998. We first showcased her talent on The Offering a solo flute project that quickly earned her a large base of fans and an award for Flutist of the Year from the Native American Music Awards. Her second release Heart of the World won no fewer than six awards in the year 2000. Youngblood's first Grammy Award came in 2003 for Beneath The Raven Moon, a collection of finely crafted songs which has become Silver Wave's best selling recording of the last 3 years. Then came Feed the Fire which earned another Grammy nomination in 2005.