Various Artists - Plains Chippewa / Metis Music ( Audio CD ) 1992

From traditional drum songs to French children's songs, and from Scottish fiddle dance tunes to contemporary country and rock 'n' roll, this recording presents music heard today on the Turtle Mountain Reservation which straddles the border between the U.S. and Canada. A passionate and lively portrait of the history and daily lives of an indigenous American culture born by the contact of American Indians with Europeans. Compiled and annotated by Nicholas Curchin Peterson Vrooman. Originally issued in 1984 as Folkways 4140. "...haunting..."

CONDITION: NEW

TRACK LISTING

1 Soldier’s Honor Song The Pembina Chippewa Singers 3:49
2 New Grass Dance Song The Pembina Chippewa Singers 3:09
3 Rock Dance Song The Pembina Chippewa Singers 2:18
4 Go Homing Song The Pembina Chippewa Singers 2:24
5 Love Song/Round Dance The Pembina Chippewa Singers 2:21
6 Buffalo Song The Pembina Chippewa Singers 1:30
7 Many Eagle Set Sun Dance Song The Pembina Chippewa Singers 2:11
8 Le Matelot de Montréal (The Sailor From Montreal) 1:52
9 Chanson à boire (Drinking Song) 0:31
10 Le garçon le moins heureux (The Most Unhappy Fellow) 1:17
11 Napoléon Bonaparte 1:05
12 Old Fred’s White 99 1:08
13 Adéline 1:27
14 Chanson à boire (Bottle Song) Gregory “King” Davis 0:45
15 Beau clair de la lune (In the Beautiful Moonlight) Gregory “King” Davis 0:39
16 Ants, Mosquitoes, and Snowball Fricassé Gregory “King” Davis 1:14
17 Le jaloux (The Jealous Man) Gregory “King” Davis 4:05
18 Le chanson du bataille (Song of the Battle) Dorothy Page 2:46
19 Soldier’s Joy 1:58
20 Red River Jig 2:05