Spring Hill Music - Lifegivers

Lifegivers

Joanne Shenandoah

Lifegivers is a tribute to the life cycles of women from the first beating of the heart to when her spirit leaves to walk across the stars along the Milky Way as she returns home to the Skyworld where she will be welcomed by her loved ones. Each song is meant to bring the listener to a place of celebration for every cycle of life. As I asked for these melodies to flow, I realized I was inspired by different aspects of rhythm and music from different cultures of the planet. It has been my great honor to be able to be embraced by many lifegivers of the world: new borns, young women, pregnant women, women in love, women who sing, women who teach, and women of wisdom.

Joanne Shenandoah is one of the finest tributes to Native American Music and Culture.

Neil Young

In this luminous recording, the great Iroquois artist and wise woman, Joanne Shenandoah breaks open our hearts as she sings so poignantly and powerfully of the cycles of the woman’s journey. Her voice and words thrill as they inform. The songs are at once truth-telling sacraments that evoke the mystery of woman and a revelation of an artist at the peak of her genius.

Jean Houston

Joanne Shenandoah’s words and music take us back to t time when we were linked, not ranked. Re-awakening this cellular memory will help it come again.

Gloria Steinem

Lifegivers acknowledges the influence of women in her culture given nearly a thousand years ago when Peacemaker crossed Lake Ontario and stepped onto the shores of Haudenosaunee lands, entering a land in despair, war and sorrow.

Christine Graef
News From Indian Country

Track Listing

1. Her Heart is Beating << LISTEN! >>
2. She Was Born
3. She is Breathing
4. She Learned
5. She Becomes A Woman
6. She Finds a Mate and Has a Child
7. She Has a Good Mind << LISTEN! >>
8. She Sings
9. She Raised Us
10. She Teaches
11. She Prayed
12. She's an Elder
13. She Returned Home << LISTEN! >>