Because Danzig Is Not Exactly Mother’s Day Appropriate

Mother’s Day is one of my favorite holidays! I’m not a mother myself, but I appreciate any excuse to lavish attention and praise upon my mother, not to mention apologize repeatedly for everything she had to put up back in my teenage years (admit it; When you were 15, you thought the adults in your life couldn’t possibly understand you).

In celebration of mothers and grandmothers, Native Sounds-Native Voices has put together a playlist that will hopefully have you looking fondly back on the female figures in your life. When considering Mother’s Day gifts this year, remember that a visit or a phone call will likely be more appreciated than a box of flowers in the mail. (If you still live at home, try washing the dishes...and pay some rent, while you're at it.)

Mother’s Day Playlist

• Young Bird – “For Mom & Dad” [Memories]
• Black Lodge – “For the Mother of Black Lodge” [More Kids’ Powwow]
• Eli Secody – “Love Your Parents” [The Following Generation]
• Bryan Akipa – “Cherished Grandmother” [The Flute Player]
• Ulali – “Mother” [Mahk Jchi]
• Radmilla Cody – “Grandmothers and Mother’s Legacy” [Spirit of a Woman]
• Radmilla Cody – “Grandmother” [The Seed of Life]
• Mary Youngblood – “Grandmother’s Last Sunset” [The Offering]
• Anthony Wakeman – “Mother’s Guidance” [Butterfly Dreams]
• Sharon Burch – “Grandmother’s Way” [Touch the Sweet Earth]
• Elizabeth Hill – “Our Mother” [Peacemaker’s Lullaby]
• Jack Gladstone – “Speak to Me Grandma” [Tappin’ the Earth’s Backbone]
• Jack Gladstone – “Pray for the Mother” [Noble Heart]
• Jim Boyd – “Mother’s Tears” [Live at the Met]

Stay tuned!

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