June 30, 2023

Music of the Plains Apache

Asch Records – AHM 4252
Recorded and Edited by John Beatty

Series: Asch Mankind Series
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1968
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Indigenous
[Tracklist
A01 Wolf Song (00:31)
A02 Turtle Song (00:22)
A03 Turkey Song (00:23)
A04 Puppy Song (00:33)
A05 Go to Sleep, Baby Boy (01:24)
A06 Peyote Song: There Is Good Medicine (01:26)
A07 Peyote Song: We Are in the Peyote Tipi (01:50)
A08 Peyote Song: It Is on the Curved Mound (00:54)
A09 Peyote Song: It Is Sure a Good Morning (01:23)
A10 Son of Our Father (00:58)
A11 Jesus Is Standing in the Water (01:04)
A12 Snake Dance Song (02:20)
A13 Buffalo Dance Song (00:57)
B01 Hand Game Songs (02:05)
B02 Hand Game (17:12)
[Credits]
Recorder and Editor: John Beatty, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The Na i sha, or Plains Apache (also called Kiowa-Apache), are some of the Apachean people who came down from Northwest Canada and made their way to the plains of what is now the United States of America. This album holds a collection of songs from various aspects of the lives of Plains Apache people who live in what is now Oklahoma. From animal songs for children that cry out the sounds of a puppy ("Puppy Song"), to the social songs such as "Hand Game" that features lively drumming and singing, these songs represent wholistically the culture of the Plains Apache.

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