Name: Weaving My Ancestors' Voices
Brand: Real World Records
SKU: 31737352
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Weaving My Ancestors' Voices

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Album: Weaving My Ancestors' Voices
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Speaking in Tongues I	More Info...
2)	Dhyana and Donalogue	More Info...
3)	Nana	More Info...
4)	The Dreaming	More Info...
5)	Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean	More Info...
6)	The Enchantment	More Info...
7)	The Call	More Info...
8)	Bhajan	More Info...
9)	Speaking in Tongues II	More Info...
10)	Sacred Stones	More Info...
11)	Om Namaha Shiva	More Info...

Album: Weaving My Ancestors' Voices
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Speaking in Tongues I	More Info...
2)	Dhyana and Donalogue	More Info...
3)	Nana	More Info...
4)	The Dreaming	More Info...
5)	Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean	More Info...
6)	The Enchantment	More Info...
7)	The Call	More Info...
8)	Bhajan	More Info...
9)	Speaking in Tongues II	More Info...
10)	Sacred Stones	More Info...
11)	Om Namaha Shiva	More Info...

Performer Notes

Perhaps Sheila Chandra's most austere effort to date, WEAVING MY ANCESTORS' VOICES allows the vocalist to freely explore a number of vocal traditions, including those of England, Spain, Ireland, and India, with nothing more than instrumental drones for accompaniment. On "Speaking in Tongues I," she once again turns to the konnakol vocal technique of South India, turning out a stampede of phonetic syllables that mesmerize the listener.
The puzzling "Dhyana and Donologue" finds Chandra's retelling of an ancient Irish ballad occasionally transmuting into a Muslim vocal pattern. The attempt to bridge cultures works best in the subtle "The Enchantment," wherein Chandra employs a British folk song to explore Indian lyrical structure.

Professional Reviews

Option (5-6/93, p.95) - "...Most women's voices in Celtic music are in the soprano range, so Chandra's lower register brings entirely new shadings to these pieces..."

Musician (6/93, p.93) - "...No Enya comparisons, please...Didactic, maybe, but soothing and smoothly produced..."