Music & Poetry of the Kesh

by Todd Barton & Ursula K. Le Guin

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Originally included as a companion cassette to the visionary science fiction novel 'Always Coming Home,' this deeply imaginative project constructs the folk traditions of a fictional, future Californian society. Ursula K. Le Guin reads her original poetry and lyrics in an invented language, accompanied by Todd Barton's ambient synthesizer work and custom-built acoustic instruments. The highly immersive release acts as a profound ethnographic simulation and an ambient masterpiece.

Genres

  • New Age
  • Avant-Folk

Tracklist

  1. Heron Dance
  2. Twilight Song
  3. Yes-Singing
  4. Dragonfly Song
  5. A Homesick Song
  6. The Willows
  7. Lullaby—Lahela
  8. Long Singing
  9. The Quail Song
  10. A Teaching Poem
  11. A River Song
  12. Sun Dance Poem
  13. A Music Of The Eighth House