Our International Music of the Month selection is for Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China by He Jinhua
He Jinhua is a Chinese musician and a national first-level artist with the Yulong County Song and Dance Troupe of Lijiang. Born in 1971, she is a folk singer of the Naxi people, and her music focuses on preserving the traditional songs of her community.
Sung with grace and conviction, the renditions of Naxi folksongs by He Jinhua on Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China offer a glimpse at a tradition rarely heard outside it's homeland. These songs are full of references to snow-clad mountains, rushing rivers, spring flowers, and the profusion of local wildlife in the Naxi heartland of northwest Yunnan province, tableaus that are reflected in the lilting verse in which they're sung. On this first collection of Naxi folksongs released outside of China, He presents songs she has learned since childhood from relatives, farmers, colleagues, and field collectors all over the region, as well as pieces for jaw harp and two collaborations with Grammy-winning composer Daniel Ho.—Amazon
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