Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble - Music for the Native Americans - 1994

"Music for the Native Americans" es el tercer álbum de estudio del canadiense Robbie Robertson, originario de The Band.
Fue creado como banda sonora del programa de televisión The Native Americans.
El álbum está enfocado obviamente en la cultura y la música de los nativos americanos, recopilada y grabada por Robertson - de herencia mohawk - y varios colaboradores e invitados bajo el nombre de "Red Road Ensemble".Entre esos colaboradores se encuentran sus hijos Sebastian y Delphine, así como Rita Coolidge, Patrick Leonard, etc.
Éste álbum está entre los más preciados de mi colección personal, muy recomendable para quienes gustan de la llamada "world music" y del abanico de experiencias musicales llevadas a cabo por artistas como Peter Gabriel, Enigma, Deep Forest o Mike Oldfield.

COYOTE DANCE

With Storyville, Robbie Robertson's music began to directly incorporate more world music influences; Music for the Native Americans makes that connection more explicit. Most of the album is quite evocative, recalling an American version of Peter Gabriel's mediterranean exploration Passion. Robertson writes some fully formed songs, but most of the record is devoted to instrumental, incidental film music, and that's where he fully explores new musical territory. Music for the Native Americans is a soundtrack (to Ted Turner's TV Production, The Native Americans), yet it contains some of Robertson's most challenging and complex music. 
-- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide

GHOST DANCE

AKUA TUTA

MAHK JCHI

GOLDEN FEATHER

PROGRAMA
"Coyote Dance" (Dave Pickell, Jim Wilson) - (4:07)
"Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)" (Pura Fé) - Ulali (4:17)
"Ghost Dance" (Robertson, Jim Wilson) - (5:12)
"The Vanishing Breed" (Robertson, Douglas Spotted Eagle) - (4:39)
"It Is a Good Day to Die" (Robertson) - (5:46)
"Golden Feather" (Robertson) - (5:22)
"Akua Tuta" (Claude McKenzie, Florent Vollant) - Kashtin (4:51)
"Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood" (Robertson) - (4:52)
"Cherokee Morning Song" - Rita Coolidge - (2:58)
"Skinwalker" (Robertson, Patrick Leonard) - (5:56)
"Ancestor Song" (Traditional) - Ulali (2:54)
"Twisted Hair" (Jim Wilson) - Robbie Robertson y Bonnie Jo Hunt (3:23

THE VANISHING BREED

PERSONAL
Robbie Robertson - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
Rita Coolidge - Vocals (bckgr)
Priscilla Coolidge - Vocals (bckgr)
James Wilson - Programming
Kashtin
Alejandro "Alex" Acuqa - Percussion
John Barlit - Percussion
Charlie Brocco - Engineer
Bob Clearmountain - Mixin
Bill Dillon - Bass, Guitar, Chamberlain, Omnichord, Guitorgan
Douglas Spotted Eagle - Flute, Keyboards, Programming
Tony Green - Bass
Elodie Lauten - Keyboards
Patrick Leonard - Organ, Keyboards, Programming
Jared Levine - Associate Producer
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Patrick McCarthy - Engineer
Dave Pickell - Programming
Charles Pollard - Editing
Laura Satterfield - Vocals (bckgr)
Silvercloud Singers
Ron Sunsinger - Engineer
Bill Dillion - Guitar
John Bartilt - Percussion
Benito Concha - Drums
Sal Fararas - Drums
Toby Gendron - Producer, Engineer
Claude Pelletter - Vocals (bckgr)
Delphin Robertson - Vocals (bckgr)
Denis Toupin - Drums, Vocals
Tommy Steele - Art Direction
David Williams - Design, Photography
Lavant Coppock - Assistant Engineer
Andy Fitich - Engineer
Bill Szawloswki - Engineer
Bonnie Jo Hunt - Vocals
Jeff Smallwood - Guitar (Acoustic)
Barry Goldberg - Assistant Engineer
Jim Wilson - Programming, Producer
Ulali - backing vocals

IT IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE