Deluxe 3LP with 34 newly mastered tracks and a 60-page book with detailed liner notes, interviews, previously unseen archive photos and the texts (including translation) in a “Tip On” slipcase and three “Tip On” sleeves. Linernotes by Kevin, Sipreano “Howes. So far almost not made public, hardly documented, but at the core immensely revolutionary, the recordings of various communities of Native Americans finally take the form of, Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock , and Country 1966-1985 “the place they deserve. An anthology of music that once almost died out but can now be heard by everyone is without question one of the most ambitious projects in the 12-year history of Light In The Attic. “Native Norht America (Vol. 1)” brings together music from the indigenous peoples of Canada and the northern United States, recorded during the turbulent decades between 1966 and 1985. The music reflects the merging of global pop culture and the reawakening of indigenous spirituality and expressiveness.
Most of this material had been forgotten for decades due to a lack of distribution channels and little presence in the mass media – until now! This is where Garage Rock from the Arctic Circle from the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, melancholy Yup’ik folk from Alaska and whispering country gathers Blues from the Wagmatcook First Nation Reservation in Nova Scotia. Echoes of NEIL YOUNG, VELVET UNDERGROUND, LEONARD COHEN, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, JOHNNY CASH and others can be heard in the songs, but enriched with indigenous awareness, narrative culture, poetry, history and ceremony The compilation is dedicated to the legendary Mé tis singer / songwriter and poet WILLIE DUNN, who appears on the anthology but died while the album was being put together. “Native North America (Vol. 1)” is just the beginning; a compilation of folk, rock and country from the southern 48 states of the USA and Mexico is currently being excavated in the Light In The Attic gold mine.
