The canoe for me is a potent symbol of working together, finding a way, inside form like music, to agree and move as one. I am from the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina. rhiannon, a jazz artist from Hawaii. In the myth, Queen Rhiannon rejects a god in favor of a mortal man. We sing our way home, over and over again, always building on shared wisdom, learning from one another and the water herself. It's a very healing experience.

— Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, This beautiful songbird transcends time and brings the message of our Ancestors who have sewn this beautiful seed, that makes powerful music. I eventually moved to North Carolina to the largest native community on the east coast of the States. Lyrics to 'Rhiannon' by Fleetwood Mac: Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night And wouldn't you love to love her?

They are tones and breath and harmony... rhythm...call and response.

We have lost a lot of our ways and songs due to our early colonization. We are all "River People" living on the Lumber River...hence the name Lumbee Indians. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. All your life you've never seen a woman taken by the wind We are all in this Canoe together. I learned a lot... Harmony and song when moving together...whether in a canoe...under the stars or in a room or by a fire...where ever. Upcoming Workshops. What we give to the water is what the water will give to you. Rhiannon was written by Stevie Nicks from the globally successful band 'Fleetwood Mac' in 1975. Fleetwood Mac is a British and American blues band formed in 1967. Start the wiki, Rhiannon rings like a bell through the nightAnd wouldn't you love to love her?Takes to the sky like a bird in flightAnd who will be her lover?All…. ~Stevie Nicks, Songs in the Rough by Stephen Bishop, 1996 There is one more thing I can send you [the Gulf War troops], and that is the story of a Welsh mythological goddess, named RHIANNON. For me, the water is the song I sing. But with the help of related Tribes near and far...quite a few of us are bringing back our Songs and Dances. We delve into our bodies’ truth and genius, connecting the forms of improvised and composed music and the heart of storytelling. I was also asked to bring songs to classroom workshop settings outside of my community...even teaching in universities. ... Canoes hold songs for many cultures. All The Way In. canoe songs. I learned this during a canoe journey in the North West Coast... pulling 400 miles in the Puget sound. My dad's farm land was what they call bottom land, often flooding in high rainy season leaving behind silt for rich soil.We couldn’t swim in those wild waters, but I loved to sit and watch the currents flow downstream toward the Mississippi, traveling, the river singing. For me, the water is the song I sing.My book about improvisation is called The Vocal River, believing that the river knows the songs and the canoe can hold us all. My process for teaching vocal improvisation is based on the idea that we must be solid in musical skills, develop our own intuition and be available to the mystery and grace that exist when creating music spontaneously. Go directly to shout page. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. We will learn the songs in pieces and once we know them...we will add harmony and improvisation on top. It went on to reach number 11 in the U.S.A and has become one of the band's best known songs. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The songs I bring do not have many words.