D-Squared

We are honored to have our river song “Row” (from “matter of life & death” included on a beautiful new compilation CD “Songs and Stories from Grand Canyon” by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. There is a live cybercast of the CD release concert, May 14, 2005 from Flagstaff, Arizona archived at www.westernfolklife.org.

Hundreds of hours of fieldwork provided the foundation for the CD, which is produced by the Western Folklife Center’s Hal Cannon and Taki Telonidis. Cannon says of the CD, which was five years in the making:

This recording is a rare look at how people who live here, year after year, have interpreted the Grand Canyon in story and song. We don’t know of another recording like this and hope that it will be the first of a series that explores the music and stories of America’s most treasured places.

See Don’s blog at westernfolklife.org for more information.