spiritual songs, most of which are harmonized, are meant to guide one's spiritual journey along the Peyote Road.  (less)

in English and Tiwa, Mirabal’s native tongue, love songs merge with ghost songs that roll into Americana ballads and full-on tribal rockers. Produced by Nashville legend Andy Byrd, this concept album features new renditions of Mirabal favorites like 'Medicine Man' and 'The Dance' beside new works like 'Brave New World' and 'Holding up the Sky'. His ninth release overall and second on his own label; this album honors Robert’s songs in a new way, taking us on a echno-tribal journey that returns us to family, hope and love.  (less)

stomp of bass drum and the mournful cry of harmonica. With blues-tinged vocals and storytelling that draw upon Native culture, Two Worlds and Three Worlds have gone on to become modern classics of contemporary Native American musical expression.  (less)

on the shores of Nova Albion, which is now called San Francisco Bay. A Native American medicine man is said to have found the harp and placed it on a cliff where the westerly winds played upon it and temperature and humidity changes created an ever-shifting set of tonalities. Riley bases the ten movements of The Harp of New Albion on the concept of tonalities. The liner notes explain the complicated ratios Riley devised for tuning his octaves. He says, "The idea of piano as harp influences my method of playing, as does the tuning from which the particular consonances and dissonances determine the emerging energies that flow through both instrument and performer." Although Riley improvises throughout The Harp of New Albi...  (less)