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  • May. 10th, 2006 at 7:21 AM
asher63
My copy of "The Yoruba/Dahomean Collection - Orishas Across the Ocean" arrived yesterday. Woo hoo! This is one of my favorite recordings of all time: traditional West African music from across the Atlantic. I used to own a copy, but in a moment of rashness and financial desperation, must have sold it at some point. Anyway, all is well now!



The music is compiled from Library of Congress archives and comprises recordings made by several researchers between 1939 and 1957 in Haiti, Brazil, Cuba, and Trinidad; Mickey Hart is one of the producers and editors. This time, I'm going to take the time to read the whole booklet 'cuz there's some fascinating historical and cultural information there; but first, I'm just going to listen because the music is really wonderful.

I've put it together on an iTunes playlist with Babatunde Olatunji's "Healing Session" (I think I've mentioned that one before, it's beautiful, hypnotic, meditative music) and another round-up of traditional West African music called "Tribal Folk". TF is a very different style from the music repesented in OATO, but the combo works well.
  • Nai.:Shango ceremonial music - Port of Spain, 1939

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[info]adamantine1 wrote:
May. 10th, 2006 04:04 pm (UTC)
I wish I had that CD. It sounds wonderful.

The most similar I have is one little song on a Paul Winter album that's on casette. It is a song for the goddess Imanje.
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[info]asher63 wrote:
May. 10th, 2006 06:01 pm (UTC)
The CD is definitely worth getting.

BTW, your posts have been piquing my curiosity about traditional Germanic music. My only exposure has been from a book on runes (by Freya Aswynn) that included a CD. The rune info was great but the CD was, frankly, the most unlistenable thing I've ever heard. But I'm sure there is a lot more out there.
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[info]adamantine1 wrote:
May. 10th, 2006 08:17 pm (UTC)
I was told to think about getting that book.

Would you be interested in selling me the CD if you still have it?
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[info]asher63 wrote:
May. 11th, 2006 03:28 pm (UTC)
If I still have the Freya Aswynn CD, and can find it, I will be happy to send it to you at no cost. Probably you can appreciate it better than I can. The book, as I say, is an excellent resource and I recommend it highly: it explores the lore and the divinatory meanings of the runes in great detail. Also I was interested by the parallels between Norse mythology and the "Tree of Life" in the Jewish Kabbalah. (In a related vein, Rachel Pollock explores the Norse connection in her book "The Kabbalah Tree", which includes an exposition of the art of German-born artist Hermann Haindl.)
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[info]adamantine1 wrote:
May. 13th, 2006 12:51 am (UTC)
Thank you for that.
I'd liek to have it, very much.

Rachel Pollack had a chapter in the FtM themed book, The Phallus Palace. Hers was on the myth of Osiris and parallels to FtM identity.
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[info]glowlita wrote:
May. 10th, 2006 05:53 pm (UTC)
i saw that africa world voices cd at the store yesterday and thought of you. but it was like $40 so i got a brazilian singer instead. :/
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[info]asher63 wrote:
May. 10th, 2006 05:56 pm (UTC)
Cool. Who was the Brazilian singer?
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[info]glowlita wrote:
May. 10th, 2006 06:17 pm (UTC)
maria rita
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