December 1, 2017

Pacific Northwest Medicine Songs of the Four Seasons

Smithsonian Folkways SFS CD 600173

Format: 4 CDs, Album
Country: US
Released: 2017
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, American Indian
[Tracklist]
Volume One • FALL
101 Fall: Every song I share… (1:02)
102 Fall Welcome Song (Duwamish) (1:17)
103 Fall Healing Song (Samish) (2:21)
104 Fall Work Medicine Song (Samish) (2:29)
105 West Song of the Fall (Samish) (2:32)
106 Fall Blue Star Chant (Samish) (2:28)
107 Fall Spirit Traveling Song (Squinamish) (3:12)
108 Fall Healing Song (West Saanich) (2:09)
109 Falling Leaf Song of the Fall (Kikiallus) (2:21)
110 Fall Walking Medicine Song (Samish) (2:41)
111 Fall Brushing Wind Song (Duwamish) (2:56)
112 Soul of the Fall (Swinomish) (2:44)
113 Fall Feast Song (West Saanich) (2:18)
114 Fall Mountain Song (Nooksack) (2:53)
115 Honoring the Ancestors Fall Song (Saanich) (2:38)
116 Fall Doctoring Song (Cowichan) (3:40)
117 Fall Farewell Song (Straits Salish) (1:58)
118 Words of Thanks from (2:31)
Volume Two • WINTER
201 About the Winter Medicine Songs 0:44)
202 Winter Snowflake Song (West Saanich) (2:20)
203 Winter Snow Wind Song (Swinomish) (2:41)
204 Winter Walking Snow Song (Cowichan) (2:24)
205 Winter Gift Song (Samish) (2:32)
206 Winter Fire Song (Swinomish) (2:06)
207 Winter North Wind Song (Samish) (2:02)
208 Winter Mountain Spirit Song (Saanich) (2:13)
209 Winter Snow Mountain Song (Samish) (2:13)
210 Winter Thunder Spirit Song (Kikiallus) (2:59)
211 Winter Water Serpent Song (3:33)
212 Winter Drumstick Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (2:06)
213 Winter Jump Dance Song (Samish) (2:08)
214 Winter Jump Dance Song of the North (Samish) (2:04)
215 Winter Jump Dance Song of the South (Samish) (2:04)
216 Winter Jump Dance Song of the West (Samish) (2:47)
217 Winter Jump Dance Song of the East (Samish) (3:23)
218 Winter Moon Song (Swinomish) (1:41)
219 Winter Half Moon Song (Swinomish) (1:39)
220 Winter Spirit Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (2:08)
221 Winter Spirit Traveling Song (West Saanich) (2:22)
222 Drumming for Spirit Traveling (Straits Salish) 1(2:09)
Volume Three • SPRING
301 These songs are a gift… 0:49)
302 Spring Welcome Song (Cowichan) (2:05)
303 Spring Rainbow Song (Puget Sound) (2:50)
304 Walking with the Spring Song (Kikiallus) (3:46)
305 Spring Bluebird/Jay Song (Vancouver Island) (3:44)
306 Spring Wind Song (Spokane) (2:48)
307 Spring Traveling Canoe Song (Kikiallus) (4:26)
308 Spring Water Song (Cowichan) (2:58)
309 Spring Petal of the Flower Song (Okanogan) (2:42)
310 Spring Grandfather's Song of Love (Samish) (3:47)
311 Spring Grandmother Wind Song (Samish) (2:30)
312 Spring Bumblebee Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (4:10)
313 Spring Falling Leaf Song (Swinomish) (3:41)
314 Spring Dance Song (2:44)
315 Spring Whispering Wind Song (Swinomish) (2:41)
316 Spring Waterfall Song (West Saanich) (2:15)
317 Flower Spring Dance Song (Snoqualmie) (3:39)
318 'Indian Name (1:19)
Volume Four • SUMMER
401 About the Summer Medicine Songs (1:22)
402 Summer Welcome Song (Kikiallus) (2:59)
403 Summer Salmon Berry Song (Samish) (2:58)
404 Summer Canoe Traveling Song (Samish) (2:33)
405 Summer Potlatch Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (3:02)
406 Summer Elk Song (Samish) (2:26)
407 Summer Black and Yellow Butterfly Song (Swinomish) (3:01)
408 Summer Deer Song (West Saanich) (2:45)
409 Summer Thank You Song (Jamestown S'Klallam) (2:14)
410 Summer Fire Song (Kikiallus) (2:23)
411 Summer Sunhouse Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (2:38)
412 Summer White Seal Song (Samish) (2:42)
413 Summer Kicking the Rotten Log Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (3:36)
414 Summer Blackfish Song (Nuwhaha - Upper Samish) (2:44)
415 Summer Knife Song (Squinamish) (1:54)
416 Summer Waterfall Song (Snoqualmie) (1:54)
417 Summer Cedar Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (2:01)
418 Summer Potlatch Song for Child's Naming (2:20)
419 Summer Mountain Song (Snohomish) (2:07)
420 Summer Mountain Goat Song (Jamestown S'Klallam) (1:48)
421 Summer Eating Contest Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (3:21)
422 Summer White Deer (Snohomish) (2:57)
423 Summer Bone Game Song (Coast Salish) (3:39)
424 Summer Clam Shell Game Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (3:43)
425 Summer Hop Picking Song (Wanapum/Yakama) (1:41)
426 Summer Cedar Root Song (Snohomish) (2:27)
427 Summer Drifting Back Song (West Saanich) (2:15)
428 These songs that I have shared… (1:48)
[Credits]
Recorder:Johnny Moses, Producer, Liner Notes, Recorder: Gregory P. Fields and Loran Olsen, Liner Notes: Laurel Sercombe, Mastering Engineer: Tom Stiles, Digital Transfer: Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University Bloomington
[Notes]
Through sound, these Pacific Northwest Coast medicine songs offer a direct connection to the powers and healing properties of each season. Songs from the Straits and Coast Salish and neighboring tribes are sung with hand drum, bell, rattle, and the voice alone. Traditionally trained singer Johnny Moses (Nuu-chah-nulth and Tulalip Coast Salish, b. 1961) was awarded the 2012 Washington Governor’s Heritage Award. Before each song, Moses explains the song’s origins and uses. This cycle of seasonal songs offers insight into Native philosophy and life in the worlds of nature, spirituality, and community. 3 hours, 49 minutes on 4 CDs, 36-page illustrated booklet.

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