Music from a Painted Cave
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Music from a Painted Cave is the live concert recording from the like-named PBS television special. Here, composer, flautist, and vocalist Robert Mirabal joins up with the soulfully skilled band he calls the Rare Tribal Mob. Together, they move into an exciting musical territory where traditional native music seamlessly fuses with tasteful acoustic rock. Mirabal and the Mob perform just over an hour of music, including both new songs and reinterpretations of older favorites such as “Medicine Man” and “Painted Caves,” both of which appear on the stellar Taos Tales. Cello, guitars, bass, and percussion weave a solid, challenging, and engaging web in which Mirabal’s deceptively simple songs grow particularly powerful. Innovative and magical, Music from a Painted Cave invites the listener to engage in a sonic celebration of native culture. –Paige La Grone
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Perhaps Nicholas Gunn is not a Native American? I know Douglass Spotted Eagle is. Either way their music is much better than Mr. Mirabals. Being a fan of Southwestern New Age I bought this CD going by the previous reviews. I was very dissapointed. What is this anyway? Why? Whatever. The performance is uninspiring, the lyrics are silly at times, the singing is…unusual and the musicians are bored. Is this guy really a Native American? The passion does not come out in this performance. My opinion only! Don’t get excited.
Rating: 1 / 5
GO OUT AND GET THIS ALBUM AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. BELIEVE ME. CAUSE YOU WILL THANK ME LATER.
Rating: 5 / 5
I received my CD in just a few days. It was in excellent condition and the music is awsome!!
This is an out standing concert. Anyone would love to have this CD, for their own enjoyment and to give as a gift.
This is a trip through the past to the present and beyond.
Rating: 5 / 5
I am at a loss of words, what a fantastic CD. With little native american blood left in my heritage and each generation it is shrinking more this cd has put me in touch with a side of myself that has been lost for 28 years. I would like to thank Robert and RTM for awakening my soul and spirit! I would recommend this cd to anyone, young or old. Thank you for your hard work Mr. Mirabal!
Rating: 5 / 5
After reading all these rave reviews I was expecting something pretty amazing. I don’t think the guy has that great a voice, arrangements are so-so, instrumentation is mediocre. Maybe he’s an acquired taste.
Would suggest you download a couple of tracks and listen before you buy.
Rating: 2 / 5