Archive for October, 2011
Buffy Sainte-Marie. Say no more. Yet for my sake, I’m impelled to write of this musician, songwriter and singer who lives the songs she writes, coming through her, as they do, from her beloved earth home and Native American people. She is uncategorically one of America’s very best visionary artists, right up there with Woody Guthrie and Dylan in authenticity, righteous indignation and tenderness for existence. Give a listen to Now That the Buffalo Are Gone, My Country ‘Tis of Thy People You’re Dying, Piney Wood Hills (a favorite) and I Wanna Be a Country Girl Again, just for beginners. ~ yours truly, df
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