A Musical Gathering of Elders, with R Carlos Nakai and Will Clipman

We're bringing you a brilliant conversation on with this full moon night, with visiting friends R. Carlos Nakai, of Navajo and Ute heritage - and the world's premier performer with the Native American flute - and Will Clipman, passionate world percussionist, poet and performing artist. (Please pardon the scratchy voices and coughing in this epsode. We'd been having a lovely time together roaming around Orkney together with RC and Will and their wives, Pam and Sherry, for several days before we recorded this. Unfortunately, along with the stories, music and breaking bread we also passed around a pretty bad cold.)We're so pleased to bring you this far-reaching and musical conversation among friends. Join us to hear about these and many other things:R. Carlos Nakai speaks of ancient tribal history from his early home in ArizonaAbout ceremony, culture, storytellers and gathering knowledge from the eldersWill's early beginnings with drumming; being born to a musical family in Philidelphia; What's in the "boom boom room"?The musical marriage of RC's Native flute and Will's passionate percussionThe Native "culture of women" - life creatorsRC: Learning how we belong - "Who are you?"; philosophies and stories of all of our clans all over the worldWill: finding his Swedish Sámi roots; the Sami Pathfinder and the ceremonial drumSinging the songs of humanity, and the ancestors' residing in the musicWe all have one human storyThe magic of music, improvisation and what the listener brings to the musicAnthropologists as listenersShapeshifter and the wallaby danceWorking with children: mythic creation, mask-making and storytelling; the power of saying, "Yes!"A musical treat, and a bit about how RC and Will approach performing togetherSinging to the sea; praying to the waterDrumming inside the Dwarfie StaneWill tells a Sami raven tale, and other stories from RC and Will's Indigenous culturesThe freedom of poetry and making musicElders in many cultures; the knowledge within usWebsite for R. Carlos Nakai: https://rcarlosnakai.com/Website for Will Clipman: https://www.willclipman.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.