Released March 30, 1988 Release date 30 March 1988 Genres Jazz, New-age music | Length 45:23 | |
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Recorded Powertrax, Hollywood, California Awards Grammy Award for Best New Age Album Similar Shadowfax albums, New-age music albums |
Shadowfax 01 the firewalker
Folksongs for a Nuclear Village is the sixth studio album by new-age/jazz group Shadowfax, their first for Capitol Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1989.
Contents
"Folksong for a Nuclear Village" was a 1982 dance performance choreographed by Louise Durkee of Seattle in that city.
The cover artwork is a piece by Michael McMillen called Nel Mezzo Del Cammin Di Nostra Vita, which is the opening line from The Divine Comedy, meaning, in English, "In the middle of our life's journey."
Track listing
- "The Firewalker" (Chuck Greenberg) – 4:54
- "We Used to Laugh" (Greenberg) – 4:07
- "Solar Wind" (David C. Lewis) – 5:08
- "Behind Green Eyes" (Phil Maggini) – 5:17
- "Lucky Mud" (Stuart Nevitt) – 4:40
- "Madagascar Cafe" (Nevitt, G. E. Stinson) – 3:06
- "Against the Grain" (Charles Bisharat) – 3:42
- "No Society" (Bisharat) – 4:16
- "Elephant Ego" (Lewis) – 5:00
- "Folksong for a Nuclear Village" (Maggini, Stinson) – 5:13
Personnel
Additional personnel
Songs
1The Firewalker4:54
2We Used to Laugh4:08
3Solar Wind5:08
References
Folksongs for a Nuclear Village Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA