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| For Earth Day this Month! Sultans of String and Dr. Duke Redbird: Our Mother the Earth 'Our Mother the Earth' is a collaboration between legendary Chippewa/Anishinaabe Elder Dr. Duke Redbird and Sultans of String. It is the third single of the upcoming album entitled 'Walking Through the Fire' (Sept 22, 2023 release), a CD and concert of collaborations with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists across Turtle Island. Redbird was inspired by the idea that every country has a national anthem, yet there is no anthem for Our Mother the Earth. Redbird said "if people included an anthem to the Earth along with their national anthem at every event, it would serve to acknowledge our identity, values, and sense of pride in the fact that we are all children of the Earth." With this idea in mind, he wrote the poem Our Mother the Earth. Our Mother the Earth A Great Mystery Created the Universe And manifested a blue geosphere A radiant planet The marvelous Earth The Mother who gave us birth The genesis of all, we hold dear With all the billions of stars in space Only the Earth could create. The perfect human birthing place A little sphere of cosmic dust Was the spark of spirit given to us (...) "We can use our imaginations, innovation, creativity, and capacity to evolve in a cooperative way with nature, in a symbiotic relationship. The definition of love is when another entity's happiness is essential to our own. Right now, the happiness of the Earth is not essential to those industries that are exploiting her resources purely for profit. When we realize that we, as humans, are born fully integrated with the spirit of the Earth… we will replace exploiting with exploring and begin to truly love her." 'Our Mother the Earth' is co-produced by Chris McKhool, bandleader of multiple award-winning Sultans of String, Grammy winning engineer John "Beetle" Bailey, and guitarist Kevin Laliberté. The bed tracks were recorded on Six Nations land at the Indigenous owned Jukasa Studios, a multi-million-dollar studio created for world class and developing artists to make music in surroundings rich in spirit and tradition. McKhool was recently awarded the JAYU's Dr. Duke Redbird Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with Truth and Reconciliation's 94 Calls to Action. write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |