The Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America and the Caribbean

For this first title of the Endangered Music Project, Mickey Hart explored the vast repositories of the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center, sorting through hundreds of hours of tapes representing rainforest cultures of the New World. The album, originally released in 1993, represents musics of seven tribal cultures: the Garifune of Belize; the Choco Indians of Panama and Colombia; the Shipibo and the Ashaninka, both of Peru; the Aluku of French Guiana; the Wayana of Suriname, and the Maroons of Jamaica. The music is integrally connected to settings where healing, spiritual forces, and practical knowledge of the forest converge. The Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America & the Caribbean was issued in 1993 as part of “THE WORLD” series (now part of the Mickey Hart Collection made available by Smithsonian Folkways).

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EN ESPAÑOL

Para este primer título del Proyecto de música en riesgo, Mickey Hart exploró los grandes depósitos del Centro Folklife de América de la Biblioteca del Congreso , clasificando a través de cientos de horas de cintas que representan a las culturas de la selva tropical del Nuevo Mundo.

El álbum, lanzado originalmente en 1993, representa la música de siete culturas tribales: la Garífuna de Belice, los nativos de Chocó de Panamá y Colombia, los shipibo y los asháninka, ambos de Perú, los Aluku de la Guayana Francesa, los Wayana de Suriname y los Maroons de Jamaica.

La música está integralmente conectada a arreglos donde convergen los procesos de curación, las fuerzas espirituales y el conocimiento práctico de los bosques.

El Espíritu clama: Música de las selvas tropicales de América del Sur y el Caribe fue emitido en 1993 como parte de la serie ”EL MUNDO“ (ahora parte de la Colección de Mickey Hart puesta a disposición por Smithsonian Folkways).

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Track Listing

101	Abelagudahani	Garifuna singers with three drummers and a shaman playing gourd rattles	04:11
102	Grating song	Garifuna women singers	02:24
103	Abaimahani (1)	Garifuna women singers	01:42
104	Abaimahani (2)	Garifuna woman singer	02:52
105	Abaimahani (3)	Garifuna singers	03:10
106	Arumahani	Garifuna singers perform duet	02:02
107	Paranda	Garifuna ensemble	02:34
108	Combination	Garifuna ensemble	02:51
109	Punta	Garifuna ensemble	02:36
110	Dugu song	Garifuna ensemble	02:44
111	Healing song	Choco Indian shaman	01:56
112	Shipibo song	Shipibo singer	02:08
113	Asháninka Songs	Asháninka singers	01:14
114	Aleke	Aluku singers	04:31
115	Songe	Aluku solo singer	02:22
116	Lonsei	Aluku singer	02:44
117	Mato (1)	Aluku solo singer	01:49
118	Mato (2)	Aluku ensemble	01:03
119	Awasa	Aluku ensemble	01:33
120	Kumanti (1)	Kumanti singer	00:55
121	Kumanti (2)	Kumanti singer	01:40
122	Agwado song	Aluku singer	01:38
123	Susa	Aluku singers and drummers	01:41
124	Dance song	Wayana solo singer	02:00
125	Love song	Aluku singer	01:26
126	Papa	Jamaican singers and drummers	01:34
127	Tambu	Jamaican singers and tambu drummers	02:22