Mahk Jchi

1. Mother

2. Rattle Songs; Shanoojhee, Viri Kuta, Haweheemo, Gramma Easter's

3. Necklace of Broken Hearts

4. Friend in Need

5. Museum Cases

6. Mahk Jchi

7. Maybe

8. Power of the Hardin-Bratt

9. Going Home with (Stomp)

10. All My Relations

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Ulali features Pura Fe‚ (Tuscarora), Soni (Mayan, Apache, Yaqui), and Jennifer (Tuscarora.) Founded in 1987, Ulali is the first Native women's group to create their own sound from their strong traditional roots and personal contemporary styles. They have created a new genre of Native Music and inspired the creation of other Native women's groups. Known for their unusual harmonies and wide vocal and musical range, Ulali's sound encompasses an array of indigenous music including southeast choral singing (pre-blues and gospel) and pre-Colombian (before the borders) music. With their beautiful yearning and powerful voices, they drum, rattle and stomp. Breaking the stereotypes of Native women, Ulali is political, romantic, and humorous. Their live performances, which uniquely address Native struggles and accomplishments, are energetic, and informative.

Ulali has traveled extensively throughout the US., Canada, and abroad performing at venues like Woodstock 94, the 1996 and the 2002 Olympics , the 1997 Smithsonian's Folkways 50th Anniversary Gala at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the 1998 WOMAD Festival in Seattle, the 1998 and 2001 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivals, the 1999 World Festival of Sacred Music at the Hollywood Bowl, Red Solstice 2000 in Montreal, the Britt Festival 2000 in Oregon, V Day 2001 at Madison Square Garden, and a wide range of other venues, benefit performances, and festivals. They have performed abroad in Germany, Italy, Brazil, Corsica, Portugal and Japan.

Ulali travels throughout Indian country visiting communities, singing for the people, exchanging songs, and maintaining strong ties. They often perform at POW Wows and are regularly on Native radio stations throughout the U.S. and Canada. They were each awarded the "Eagle Spirit Award" at the 25th Annual American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, CA in 2000. In addition they were each, one of several winners, of the "Native American Women's Recognition Award" presented by the Friends of Ganondagon.

The group performed with the Indigo Girls during their 1997 Shaming of the Sun tour and added their distinct voice to the Indigo Girls recording "Shaming the Sun." Ulali also contributed to the Indigo Girls benefit-recording, "Honor the Earth" and participated in the national tour of the same name.

Ulali was featured on the soundtrack of the Miramax film "Smoke Signals." They performed at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival in support of "Smoke Signals" which won the "Audience Choice Award" and "Filmmaker's Trophy." Ulali recorded on the sound tract for the Turner documentary series "The Native Americans." Two of their songs, "Mahk Jchi" and "Ancestor Song" were featured on Robbie Robertson's album, "Robbie Robertson and the Red Road Ensemble." Their video "Follow Your Hearts Desire" won "Best Music Video" at The American Indian Film Institute Awards.

Ulali has aired on National Public Radio several times and made their national television debut when they performed with Robertson as featured guests on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno." After performing at the Todos un Cantos del Mundo in May 2000, they were featured on the "Jô Soares Show," a nationally televised talk show in Brazil. In 2002, they were also featured on Japan television while on tour with the South American group Sisay.

The group has been on several compilations that have been nominated for Juno Awards (the Canadian Grammy awards.) Ulali participated in the Aboriginal Women's Voices Project and helped to develop songs for its recording "Hearts of the Nations." They were featured on the Smithsonian's Folkways compilation "Heartbeat," and can be heard on dozens of albums, documentaries, and movies. Ulali has shared the bill with Buffy Saint Marie, Floyd Westerman, the American Indian Dance Theater, Sting, Richie Havens, the B-52's, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Miriam Makeba and the Neville Brothers.

Product Description
Traditional and Contemporary First Nations(Native American) music.

Band Members: Pura Fe, Jennifer Kreisberg, Soni Moreno

Mahk Jchi,Ulali,Thrush,Native American,Rock/Pop

Mahk Jchi

Average customer rating:

Mahk Jchi CD by Ulali
Three voices beyond belief
Please say there will be more!
IF YOU LOVE PURE, TRUE MUSIC, BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!!
Aren't there more stars I can give?

Mahk Jchi
Ulali
Manufacturer: Thrush
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004LMDN
Release Date: 1996-06-15

Tracks:

Mother
Rattle Songs; Shanoojhee, Viri Kuta, Haweheemo, Gramma Easter's
Necklace of Broken Hearts
Friend in Need
Museum Cases
Mahk Jchi
Maybe
Power of the Hardin-Bratt
Going Home with (Stomp)
All My Relations

Album Description

Traditional and Contemporary First Nations(Native American) music.

Band Members: Pura Fe, Jennifer Kreisberg, Soni Moreno

Customer Reviews:

Mahk Jchi CD by Ulali.......2007-02-22

Excellent second hand CD I love it. I do feel however that the prices charged by Amazon for a new copy are extreme and I believe this may be unfair to the artists and be limiting the sales for them.

Three voices beyond belief.......2007-01-10

I had an opportunity to meet the group on tour 1999 when they came to Morris Minnesota. They made a few cracks about the town that I have to say set me off a tad (even if they WERE accurate). But then I heard them sing the songs from this recording. It blew me away. I have long loved First Nation's Music (The group doesn't like the term 'Native Americans' as they contend their people pre-date this land as America and I feel their wishes should be respected), however they have their own creation here, unlike anything else I have heard. I have to say they have a magnificent vocal range and beautifully blend their voices together. The closest I can come to explaining their quality is to imagine Bulgarian singers with only a drum to accumpany them. Beautiful.

Please say there will be more!.......2006-04-13

Whether or not you're acquainted with Native American music and traditions, if you love music, and if you appreciate the power of the human voice, you should have this album in your collection.

As the liner notes will tell you, "Ulali" means "songbird," and the name could not be more appropriate for this trio of singers. The vocals are wonderfully clear and liquid, with crisp enunciation and tight, flawless harmonies. Of all the tracks on the CD (and there really isn't a bad one), I particularly enjoy the rattle songs (rolled together into Track 2) and "Going Home." If you enjoy singing (especially in the safe privacy of your car, as I do), you'll love the rattle songs. There's something about the vocabs, and about not worrying about English lyrics, that seems to open up both voice and breathing in much the same way as playing a flute - it's downright euphoric. I've driven through many a scenic mile in North and South Dakota with these songs blasting, and me singing my head off, and I've known few finer moments.

This is one of the few modern Native American albums on which I enjoy the English songs as much as the native-language songs. I usually enjoy the latter better, but "Going Home," "Maybe," and "Necklace of Broken Hearts" have such poignant lyrics, delivered with such power and feeling (especially on "Going Home") that they are just as transcendent. Ulali definitely has a chip on their shoulder (evident in "Museum Shelves" and in "All My Relations") but not so much that white listeners like yours truly feel unwelcome. I would love to know the meaning of the lyrics of "Mahk Jchi" - it's such an incredibly powerful and moving song, with harmonies that cascade like waterfalls.

My only complaint is that there aren't any more Ulali albums out yet! The world needs more music like this, so come on, gals, get busy!

IF YOU LOVE PURE, TRUE MUSIC, BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!!.......2003-02-12

WOW!!!!!!!!! and more WOWS!!!!!!! This group Ulali is the best I ever heard and also seen in concert. You can't believe human beings can evoke so much from singing. I saw them once and found out they had a second show a little after the first and went to that also. Right of the bat, with "Mother," you're hooked. No doubt about that. What makes them so special is how real they are and their music. No textured New Age keyboards to get in the way, just vocals and accompanying rattles and Native drums. This is an education too and I highly recommend teachers and parents to have their children listen to this. This music needs to live forever and the great tradition of the Indigenous spirit. They are working on a new album that will be much anticipated and that no doubt will be a gem too. But if you want just one album to capture the Indigenous spirit and so much more, buy Mahk Jchi now.

Aren't there more stars I can give?.......2002-09-04

I fell in love with Ulali (pronounced you-lah-LEE) watching Smoke Signals and listening to Indigo Girls' "Burn All the Letters" -- these three women are amazing. I have given this CD to so many friends and shared it with my students and fellow teachers. I had the great good fortune to see them live this past summer at the American Indian Cultural House in Manhattan ... and it was a stunning, moving, completely beautiful experience. I'm sure my neighbors are learning this music, too, since I cannot help but play these songs LOUD! I love every track on this CD, but I definitely have favorites. "Museum Cases" is powerful and painful; "Mahk Jchi" resonates in my chest and head, filling me with the amazing voices of these women; and the feeling I get, as an African American, listening to "Going Home" is hard to describe. It's a beautiful piece that connects traditional First Nations music with spirituals and the blues and has lyrics that strike deep ("Nigerian chains they say are buried real deep ... tobacco fields ... trail of tears ... stolen people on stolen land").

Tracks:

Mother
Rattle Song: Shanoojhee/Viri Kuta/Haweheemo/Grammah Easter's Lullaby
Necklace of Broken Hearts
Friend in Need
Museum Cases
Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)
Maybe
Power of the Hardin-Bratt
Going Home/Stomp
All My Realtions

Customer Reviews:

Ulali---an acapella spiritual awakening.......2002-01-20

Ulali's vocalists Pura Fe, Soni and Jennifer first started singing together fifteen years ago. Together they represent several First Nations tribes: Tuscarora, Mayan, Apache, and Yaqui. They perform acapella with drums, rattles, and stomps.
Ulali appeared on the Indigo Girls CD "Shaming the Sun" and on the "Smoke Signals" soundtrack with "Forgive Our Fathers Suite" and "All My Relations."

Ulali addresses current Native issues and accomplishments, touring through Indian country in North and South America, singing and exchanging songs and maintaining strong cultural ties.

The songs on "Mahk Jchi" range from Southeast choral singing, gospel, rock and powwow-type chants and dances. The way their voices blend is magical, especially on the rattle songs such as "Grammah Easter's Lullaby" and on "Going Home." There is something so spiritual and ancient in these songs, the song of the earth, of the Native struggle, of past wrongs and future rights. "Going Home" compares the Native struggle to that of African slaves: ("I hear Nigerian chains they say are buried real deep/ tobacco fields, Trail of Tears, stolen people on stolen land.")

I bought this at a powwow last year and I hope to have the chance to see Ulali perform sometime this year. I have heard that they are even more amazing live, which is hard to believe once you've listened to this CD. This should belong in everyone's collection, whether you are First Nations or not. This is a song journey about love, the land, our past and where we are going.

Incredible vocals........2002-01-02

I bought this because I had heard "All my relations" on the radio, and I wanted to track down and buy the album, even if it turned out that that was the only good song on the album. Turned out it wasn't. The title track "Mahk Jchi" is one of those songs that you suddenly wake up at 3 in the morning with it going through your head.

"Rattle songs" I loved the first time I heard them. The rest of the songs I liked "OK" the first time I heard them, but each time I listened, I liked them more -- with the exception of "Power of the Hardin Bratt" Still don't like it. Don't know why, just don't. And it is the only song on the album I don't like. YMMV.

You'll never hear songs like this again - get this CD and treasure it.

FYI.......2001-12-27

I mostly wanted to note that the song titles are the same as the other album with the same title, if you were wondering. This edition is cheaper but took something like a month to ship. I liked the songs with drums. As far as I'm concerned, Mother and Mahk Jchi are outstanding. I don't dislike any of the tracks, but it would take my loving all of them to give it 5 stars.

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