Kuimba: Music
Crickets (from the CD "Mawingu- I Remember Africa")
(Kuimba)
Music, Lark Bowerman, Kris Bowerman
. . . a wee voice in the quiet of the night reminds us of the sound of silence and of the still small voice that speaks within. Why else would Jiminy Cricket have become the voice of Pinocchio’s conscience? Perhaps Cricket is similar in some way also to Kokopelli, the insect god of the First Americans, who could create warmth and heal wounds with the sweet sound of his magical flute.
We don’t know of any African tradition involving Cricket, though certainly there must be some; but always, the ubiquitous sound of crickets provides the backwash of a thousand tiny violins for the night time symphony of the rainforest.
Personnel- Kris Bowerman, recorder, synthesizer, Talking drum, Native American drum (Lummi tribe); Lark Bowerman, Celtic harp, guitar