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Joe Young – Native American Flute

Pathways

2004
Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)

Boise, Idaho’s Joseph L. Young is a musician, composer and sound engineer who happens to play some of the most innovative Native American flute music going. He’s also quite accomplished with a tin whistle and a saxophone. In 2004 he released his solo debut, Pathways.

Pathways is a haunting collection of Native American flute songs that is both peaceful and provoking. Joseph L. Young has a particular knack for melody and arrangement that takes this far above and beyond your typical flute recording.

Young’s panache also suggests a theatric bent, like many of these songs might have walked off the soundtrack of a movie. Full of dark and disturbingly beautiful melodies, Pathways will stick with you long after the final notes have faded away. Highlights include Touch The Earth, Autumn, Dusk, Shaman’s Dream and Through The Mist.

While many traditional Native American flute recordings sound mournful, Joseph L. Young’s compositions reflect the melancholy of a nation that has lost itself over many generations but still holds the hope of their grandfathers. Pathways is a haunting and beautiful reminder that music doesn’t always need to be a wall of sound to blow us away. [Wildy's World - wildysworld.blogspot.com]

Tracks:

    1. Change of Direction
    2. Autumn
    3. Dusk
    4. Shaman’s Dream
    5. False Dawn
    6. Ancient
    7. Aspen
    8. Touch the Earth
    9. Reflections
    10. Dust Devil
    11. Urban Wander <—-Listen!
    12. Through the Mist
    13. Free Spirit

Face the Wind

This album is dedicated to friends that were taken from us too quickly. They lived their lives well and are still inspiring to those who knew them. They are greatly missed.

May this music honor Jon Jon Stravers, Jonah Stravers and Randy Black

Musicians on this album:

Matt Roos – Guitar
Jenny Willison – Keyboard
Ken Kolman – Bass and Percussion
Dustin McFadden-Elliot – Percussion

 

Tracks:

  1. Face the Wind <—— Listen ["Face the Wind" is performed in tribute to my friend Jon Jon Stravers, on a flute created by his caring hands. Jon Jon left us in September of 2007 but the mark he made on those around him will never fade. This is a song of celebration for a life well lived. Thank you Jon Jon.]
  2. Taking flight
  3. Moyolude
  4. Blue Lizard
  5. Stone Circle
  6. Dream Walk
  7. Moonrise
  8. MoJoe (live)
  9. Aurora
  10. Touch the Earth (live)
  11. Amore de la Rosa
  12. The Poetry of Air
 

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