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Ubaka Hill Music
Beyond The Wind
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CD Price $17
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Spiral Dance
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CD Price $16
Shapeshifters
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CD Price $16
UbakaHill (oo-BAH-ka) ~ an authentic, energetic performer, composer, songwriter, recording artist, motivational speaker, conference weaver, teacher and facilitator of hand drumming workshops for more than 25 years throughout the United States. Her soul-vision and intention is to facilitate and inspire personal transformation, empowerment, healing and joy with music that moves you.
Think danceable, think upbeat. For long-time fans and new... for dancers, drummers, and all those needing inspiration to get up and MOVE... this highly-anticipated 1998 release is a must! Ubaka has drawn together a bevy of talent: in addition to the ShapeShifters ensemble, master drummer Edwina Lee Tyler guests on several tracks; and over 20 women percussionists of the Drumsong Orchestra participate on The Singing in the Silence! Many tracks here are chants, tribal/ improvisational in feel, and there are a couple of outstanding instrumentals. From Sistory, an absolutely phenomenal djembe duet between Ubaka and Edwina, to Suhir Blackeagle's funky Intense Womyn Unite, to the joyful title track which reminds us how to use power to heal, you can't help but feel inspired to join in. And, we highly recommend that you do!
Personnel includes: Ubaka Hill (vocals, didgeridoo, djembe drum, bamboo rainstick, bells); Gabrielle Schavran (vocals, cello, tambourine); Anna Maria Mejia (vocals, conga, djembe); Kissi Mckay (vocals, conga), Autumn & Lela Wright (vocals); Masa (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Hillary Kay (bass, background vocals); Suhir Blackeagle (background vocals).
Personnel includes: Ubaka Hill (vocals, didgeridoo, djembe drum, bamboo rainstick, bells); Gabrielle Schavran (vocals, cello, tambourine); Anna Maria Mejia (vocals, conga, djembe); Kissi Mckay (vocals, conga), Autumn & Lela Wright (vocals); Masa (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Hillary Kay (bass, background vocals); Suhir Blackeagle (background vocals).
Ubaka is a fiery, passionate, and radiant drummer/ chanter/ singer whose performance builds bridges and transcends boundaries while elevating the spirits of all who hear -- her music is intensely woman-identified, life-loving, transformative, spiritual, and revolutionary, blending song, poetry, and rhythm into a heady brew. Motherbeat joyfully brings to life the exuberant imagery of women dancing down through the centuries; Night Flight, an evocative performance piece which incorporates the chant Spirit of the Wind, is a perfect vehicle for Ubaka's depth, artistry and grace; her intense rendition of the Jayne Cortez poem If The Drum Is A Woman will send chills down your spine; and her trademark The Womyn United is energetic & inspirational. Also includes percussion instrumentals for movement and dance. Warning: you'll experience an uncontrollable urge to join a drumming circle. Our highest recommendation!
Ubaka and her collaborators have simply outdone themselves on this 2006 release! It has been a long 8 years since the last recording, but fruitful ones, as you will hear the moment you begin this celebratory journey - from the first evocative blend of percussion and transcendent harp in Ear To the Ground ... to the healing baptism of Ride the Wind ... to the funky call-and-response of Dream Shift... to Paula Walowitz's She's Been Waiting featuring 26 women of the Drumsong Orchestra!
'Beyond the Wind' is a marvelous collaboration of women whose rhythm and song will move you to new understandings of yourself and the world. Listeners will be deeply satisfied by the usual myriad of percussion presented here, while fans and students of Ubaka's will note a new, rich layer of musicality in this, her 3rd recording.
Evocative, generous, jazzy, spirited, deep, playful, invocative, ever to the heart - this is more of Ubaka's great music for you. Ubaka is one of the most visionary artists on the planet, and you'll want to bask in the light of her poetry, wisdom, music and rhythm. You'll feel grounded and aloft all at once.
'Come with me to the waters of forgiveness ... Let's grow and be each other's witness ... Take flight, ride the wind, and fly ... I've gotta do what I've got to do here ... I've gotta leave my hand prints on the wall.'
She has named her new label is Splevine - splendid + divine - that sums it up. Very highly recommended!
'Beyond the Wind' is a marvelous collaboration of women whose rhythm and song will move you to new understandings of yourself and the world. Listeners will be deeply satisfied by the usual myriad of percussion presented here, while fans and students of Ubaka's will note a new, rich layer of musicality in this, her 3rd recording.
Evocative, generous, jazzy, spirited, deep, playful, invocative, ever to the heart - this is more of Ubaka's great music for you. Ubaka is one of the most visionary artists on the planet, and you'll want to bask in the light of her poetry, wisdom, music and rhythm. You'll feel grounded and aloft all at once.
'Come with me to the waters of forgiveness ... Let's grow and be each other's witness ... Take flight, ride the wind, and fly ... I've gotta do what I've got to do here ... I've gotta leave my hand prints on the wall.'
She has named her new label is Splevine - splendid + divine - that sums it up. Very highly recommended!
1. Ear To The Ground 2. Beyond The Edge 3. She Who Rises 4. Sistory II 5. Ride The Wind 6. Sistory II Be
7. Fire (In The Mountain) 8. Dream Shift 9. She's Been Waiting 10. Can't Hold Back The Dawning
7. Fire (In The Mountain) 8. Dream Shift 9. She's Been Waiting 10. Can't Hold Back The Dawning
1. Dance the Spiral Dance 2. Spirit...Walking 3. Sistory 4. Feel the Colors 5. Singing in the Silence, The
6. Intense Womyn Unite 7. Don't Ever Stop 8. Apple Jam
6. Intense Womyn Unite 7. Don't Ever Stop 8. Apple Jam
1. Motherbeat 2. Aconcon 3. Nightflight 4. Changes 5. Marketplace 6. Soweto
7. If the Drum Is a Woman 8. Oya's Song 9. The Womyn United
7. If the Drum Is a Woman 8. Oya's Song 9. The Womyn United