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         • 1999 Pow Wow CalendarCraft Supplies |
Instrumental Music | Additional Music • Instrumental Music |
William EatonMaster of the stringed instrument, William Eaton designs and builds the instruments he uses in his recordings. Expanding the basic guitar, Eaton has added a harp and open bass strings to make a harp guitar and koto harp guitar, extra strings for the 26-string guitar. His o'ele'n strings was inspired by a Victorian era armoire and has two sets of strings on sepearte necks with scalloped fret boards resulting in a sound reminiscent of the Indian sitar. Whether alone or with popular Native American flute players like R. Carlos Nakai or Robert Tree Cody, William Eaton continues to bring his unique skill and dedication to instrumental music. | ||
Tracks We LeaveCD Review gave this album a "9" for performance, "10" for recording quality and called it a feast for the ears. Inspired by the land and the peoples of the Southwest, this impressionistic collection of sixteen songs features Eaton's unique instruments accompanied by violin, tabla, shakuhachi and Native American flute by R. Carlos Nakai on two selections. 55 minutes.
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Where Rivers MeetA Billboard Critic's Choice. The music of the William Eaton Ensemble resounds with the life and landscape of the Sonoran desert where tradition meets new exploration. Eaton's unique instruments, flute, violin, mandolin, cello and ethnic percussion create liquid melodies flowing in impressionistic arrangements. Two bonus tracs on CD. 68 minutes.
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Wisdom TreeKnown for his gracefully crafted melodies, Eaton combines structure with improvised musical dialogues to give these thriteen songs freshness, simplicity and spontaneity. The diverse sounds of Eaton's instruments are mixed with double bass, violin, balafon, gourd water drums and ethnic flutes. Robert Tree Cody appears on two selections. 55 minutes.
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Nakai & William EatonNakai has performed with guitarist/luthier William Eaton since 1986. They've created new music joining the soaring melodic lines of the Native American flute with the rich harmonies from Eaton's unique instruments - lyre, harp guitar, synth guitar, o'ele'n strings and twenty-six string guitar. Their third album, Ancestral Voices, was a 1994 Grammy Awards finalist. | ||
Ancestral Voices1994 Grammy Awards finalist in Best Traditional Folk Music. Nakai & Eaton create a diverse music that celebrates the rich traditions of the peoples of the Americas. They are joined on two cuts by one of North America's top pow wow drum groups, the Black Lodge Singers of the Blackfeet. Two bonus cuts on CD. 70 minutes.
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Feather, Stone & LightA Billboard Critic's Choice. Nakai and Eaton are joined by percussionist Will Clipman who adds the pulse of ethnic percussion. This trio creates a new music born in the Sonoran desert and colored by the sounds of the world. Fifteen songs with three bonus cuts on CD. 71 minutes.
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Winter DreamsThe world's favoite Christmas melodies in new arrangements for the cedar flute and Eaton's guitars. Ten carols including What Child Is This? / Greensleeves, I Saw Three Ships, Angels We Have Heard On High, Coventry Carol, God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen, and Silent Night (with Navajo chorale). 52 minutes.
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Carry The GiftThe panoramic harmonies of Nakai's flute with Eaton's guitar, harp guitar and lyre create visions of canyons and plains in these fifteen songs. Music haunting in its serenity, graceful in its simplicity with a Zen-like lyricism. Nakai and Eaton's first collaboration still creates magic. 59 minutes.
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