![]() and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The entire record feels communal - a celebration not just of Cloher, but of the rich, life-filled communities that surround them. : Teeny-tiny and the Witch-woman (9780862644215) by Walker, Barbara K. Instead, it captures something else - a picture of humanity and community as a gorgeous, unfathomable mess. I Am The River, The River Is Me is an album of remarkable generosity and grace. It is not a perfect self-portrait, and it possesses no universal truth about what it means to be Māori, or to be wahine toa (a strong woman), or to be takatāpui, or even to be Jen Cloher. It suggests that home is not found in a place or a politic, but in the community you keep: Inspired by Cloher’s powerful matrilineal line of wāhine Māori, I Am The River, The River Is Me is not urgent, or hurried, but it is vital, made with the care and ease of someone who knows that their past began before birth, and will continue long after they’re gone. I Am The River, The River Is Me, is verdant and rich it luxuriates in stillness, and carries itself with cool, unfussy confidence. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman (19) 7.4 15min 1980 NR. When she entices them into her house, Teeny-Tiny saves them f. On their first album in five years, Cloher finally breathes out. In a variation on the Hansel and Gretel theme, this Turkish folktale introduces Teeny-Tiny and his two older brothers who venture too far into a forest inhabited by an evil witch-woman. I Am the River, The River Is Me by Jen Cloher ![]() I Am The River, The River Is Me is an honouring of Jen’s Māori heritage, the indigenous people of Aotearoa, New Zealand and the first time they have woven the Māori language through their songwriting. These are fiercely political songs that never feel heavy: They are energetic and full-blooded, alive with the knowledge that to simply exist - to scream and laugh and sing and make art - is as much a form of resistance as to fight. ![]() This week's PBS Feature Album is I Am The River, The River Is Me, the fifth album by multi-award-winning artist and Milk! Records co-founder Jen Cloher. ![]()
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