Joy Harjo - "Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace" [Official Audio]

Описание: Listen to "Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace," the title track of Joy Harjo's debut album of the same name on Smithsonian Folkways. "Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace" opens in a suspended, otherworldly space—Harjo’s recitation floating over luminous harmonies and indie-rock guitar textures, guided by the imagery of the panther and the space between waking and dream. “In our family, we are related to the panther,” Harjo writes. “We need fresh dreaming to navigate what we are going to encounter.”

Joy Harjo - voice
esperanza spalding - bass, voice
Matthew Stevens - guitar
Justin Tyson - drums

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As a poet and musician, Joy Harjo channels a creative force she describes as a “vibration of love” to connect countless traditions and artforms, countering the despair and heartache caused by power and hate. Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace, her debut for Smithsonian Folkways, draws on the long-intertwined rhythms of jazz and poetry, the power of improvisation and self-expression through sound, and the vitality of Native culture and spirituality to spark a chain of vibrational energy to engulf the whole world. Harjo’s voice is bold and direct, supported by producer and bass player esperanza spalding, covering a repertoire that includes a jazz standard, a song written by Harjo’s mother and uncovered by her sister, and many originals that speak to contemporary issues and her life as one of the most celebrated American poets of the last century.

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