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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0650113700634 Format: Color, NTSC Label: Red Feather Manufacturer: Red Feather Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Red Feather Release Date: October 30, 2001 Sales Rank: 8781 Studio: Red Feather Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 2001
Amazon.com: Fusing traditional Southwestern Native American tribal music and modern beats, Robert Mirabal: Music from a Painted Cave is a fascinating performance. It's a combination that you might question, but Mirabal is such a talented singer-songwriter that not only does he make it work, you could argue he has created a new genre.
The first part of Music from a Painted Cave finds Mirabal, the Mirabal Singers/Dancers, and Rare Tribal Mob in traditional tribal dress, using native instruments and performing tribal dances. A song he heard from his grandmother, "Ee-you-oo," is a paean to children, and "Little Indians" is a lovely folk ballad he wrote in the same vein. Later in the program Mirabal changes his traditional garb for leather pants, and the music becomes more like rock & roll in the energetic "Hope," although the native-drum backbeat is always there. Besides being musically inspired, Music from a Painted Cave is visually stunning: the costumes are beautiful, the staging elaborate, and the choreography gorgeous. --Dana Van Nest
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Music from a Painted Cave
Took me a long time to find this. Saw if originally on Public TV many years ago. Wish he would make a similar one on DVD. Really loved the story telling and music.
Rating: - Over and over again!
This is one of those DVDs that I just don't get tired of. I've lost count as to the number of times that I've watched it. Robert Mirabal is a world-class musician who knows how to put on a show.
Rating: - Awesome
I owm the CD and was so taken with the music and Robert Mirabel's "live" performance, I just had to get the DVD. I was not disappointed. Instead I watched this DVD spellbound; lost in a world of music, dance, and colorful Native American legends and history. The performance is absolutely wonderful. Robert Mirabel has a peaceful calm about him which he brings into his music that touches your soul and brings you peace as well as joy. The harmony and beauty, the balance the Native American strives for in his spiritual life is so visible. The costumes and the stage production far out do most ... Read More
Rating: - Newbie likes what he sees
I was turned on to Robert Mirabal by my girlfriend and I was glad she did. He is an amazing performer. This DVD is pretty awesome. I love the music, the dance, the drums and the production. I would recommend this DVD to everybody I know. I think we can all learn a little more about Native Americans through Robert's lyrics and stories.
Rating: - The coolest concert I ever saw.
Guitars strum, rattles shake, traditional Native American dancers dance, shamans howl, and beautiful women sing and dance. There is a rock drum set and a native american set. The Native American flute music is really moving. I would recommend this CD for anyone who likes rock or alternative. This music comes from a deep place in Robert Mirabals' soul. I've introduced nearly all my friends to it, and those that don't know about it, soon will.
