Folksongs_for_a_Nuclear_Village

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Folksongs for a Nuclear Village

1988 studio album by Shadowfax

Folksongs for a Nuclear Village is the sixth studio album by new-age/jazz group Shadowfax, their first for Capitol Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1989.[1]

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"Folksong for a Nuclear Village" was a 1982 dance performance choreographed by Louise Durkee of Seattle in that city.[2]

The cover artwork is a piece by Michael McMillen[3] called Nel Mezzo Del Cammin Di Nostra Vita, which is the opening line from The Divine Comedy, meaning, in English, "In the middle of our life's journey."

Track listing

  1. "The Firewalker" (Chuck Greenberg) – 4:54
  2. "We Used to Laugh" (Greenberg) – 4:07
  3. "Solar Wind" (David C. Lewis) – 5:08
  4. "Behind Green Eyes" (Phil Maggini) – 5:17
  5. "Lucky Mud" (Stuart Nevitt) – 4:40
  6. "Madagascar Cafe" (Nevitt, G. E. Stinson) – 3:06
  7. "Against the Grain" (Charles Bisharat) – 3:42
  8. "No Society" (Bisharat) – 4:16
  9. "Elephant Ego" (Lewis) – 5:00
  10. "Folksong for a Nuclear Village" (Maggini, Stinson) – 5:13

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • John Bergamo – tabla (3)
  • Emil Richards – marimba (1, 8), flapamba (1, 7), bass marimba (3, 6), jay call (3), E-11 sampled wind chimes (5), marimba (5), boobams (5), gamelan gongs (5), metal angklung (5), dumbeg (6), clappers (6), shekere (6), bamboo stamping tubes (7), angklung (7), primitive toms (7, 8), woodblock marimba (8), E-11 sampled didjeridu (10), bull roar (10), daka di bello (11), whistle (11)
  • Haralambi A. - sampled talking drum (9)
  • Michael Spiro – percussion (2, 7, 9), conga (2, 7, 9)

Charts

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References

  1. [1]
    "Grammy Awards". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Louise Durkee - Folksong for a Nuclear Village". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Michael C. MicMillenm". netropolitan.org. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. [4]
    Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 699. ISBN 0898201179. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Folksongs for a Nuclear Village - Charts and Awards". Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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