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Voyagers Will Clipman
Pathfinder
Four-time Grammy® Nominee and two-time Native American Music Award® Winner Will Clipman blends exotic wind instruments, tuned melodic percussion, and vocal chants with his pan-global palette of drums on Pathfinder: thirteen timeless tales told in the universal language of rhythm.
Tracks
Track 1 Track 8
Track 2 Track 9
Track 3 Track 10
Track 4 Track 11
Track 5 Track 12
Track 6 Track 13
Track 7  

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Great Mystery - Here & Now

Great Mystery
Here & Now

The third release from Great Mystery on Sacred Mountain Records weaves together the Native American flutes and chants of Milton Tso,  the multi-instrumentalism of Charles Button, the Navajo round dance songs of Anthony Betoney, and the pan-global percussion of Will Clipman in a sonic tapestry as expansive and evocative as the Southwestern landscape from which it arises, seamlessly fusing the contemporary freshness of pop, folk-rock, and world music with the timeless beauty of ancient culture.

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Voyagers R. Carlos Nakai & Udi Bar-David with Will Clipman
Voyagers

Multi-Grammy Nominee R. Carlos Nakai melds the haunting sounds of the Native American flute with the soulfully expressive cello of Udi Bar-David, cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Artistic Director of Intercultural Journeys, in diverse arrangements of ancient melodies from the Native American, Jewish, Arabic, and Turkish traditions. Multi-Grammy nominee Will Clipman adds subtle percussive colors that expand this multi-cultural exploration, and is featured on two rousing drum-and-cello desert duets with Udi.

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Randy Wood with Will Clipman
My Heart And Soul

Stirring songs of love, loss, life, and honor in the Plains Cree tradition, featuring the passionate vocal melodies of GRAMMY and NAMMY Nominee Randy Wood, propelled by Randy's unique fingertip style of powwow drumming, and accompanied by the pan-global percussive panoply of two-time GRAMMY Nominee and two-time NAMMY Winner Will Clipman.

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Robert Tree Cody and Will Clipman
Heart of the Wind

2007 Grammy Nomination
Best Native American Music Album

Reprising their enormously successful Canyon Records collaboration White Buffalo, NAMMY-winner  Robert Tree Cody and GRAMMY Nominee Will Clipman return with Heart of the Wind, a transforming collection of compositions for Native American flute and pan-global percussion. No synthesizers this time around, just flute and drum in an elegant and eloquent dialogue between two masterful musicians!

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Arvel Bird ~ Will Clipman ~ Mary Redhouse ~ William Eaton
ANANEAH

ANANEAH (a Paiute word meaning what do you call it?) features Paiute violin virtuoso Arvel Bird, pan-global percussionist Will Clipman, Dine' (Navajo) diva Mary Redhouse, and multi-string maestro William Eaton, seamlessly interweaving the new sound of the Native American Southwest with colorful accents of Celtic, tango, folk-rock, jazz, and worldbeat to create a sonic tapestry guaranteed to soothe your spirit and ignite your imagination.

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Gary Stroutsos & Will Clipman
SACRED CLAY

A musical metaphor for the human condition, as a well as a literal reference to the ceramic instruments featured on the recording, SACRED CLAY brings together internationally-acclaimed composer, recording artist, and educator Gary Stroutsos on wind instruments with two-time Grammy Nominee Will Clipman on percussion for an intimate improvisational dialogue that gives voice to our primal origin within the earth, and breathes life into all things created of the earth: our vessels, our instruments, ourselves.

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Gentle Thunder with Will Clipman & AmoChip Dabney
BEYOND WORDS

2006 ISMA Nominee
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
2007 Grammy Nomination
Best New Age Album

After two successful solo albums, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Gentle Thunder (grand hammer dulcimer, Native American flutes, and drums) teams up with 2005 GRAMMY Nominees Will Clipman (pan-global percussion) and AmoChip Dabney (keyboards, bass, and sax) for a new world fusion extravaganza that is truly beyond words!

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Gary Stroutsos / Will Clipman / William Eaton
QUIET FIRE

QUIET FIRE marks the first meeting of three remarkable artists, each distinguished for shaping the face of contemporary world music. Attuned to the soothing hum of well-being, QUIET FIRE is a musical journey impelled by an innate sensitivity. To luxuriate in its depth is to gaze into the reflecting pool of the heart. The view will ignite your imagination and restore your spirit.

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R.Carlos Nakai Quartet
People of Peace

A 2005 GRAMMY Finalist for Best new Age Album
2006 NAMMY Winner for Best World Music Album

People of Peace - the fourth and finest adventure in global native groove from RCNQ features the earthy and ethereal Native American flute virtuosity of R. Carlos Nakai, the eco-spiritual explorations of vocalist Mary Redhouse, the inspired improvisations of multi-instrumentalist AmoChip Dabney, and the irresistible rhythms of percussionist Will Clipman, in compelling compositions that span the spectrum from quietly contemplative to highly combustible.

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R.Carlos Nakai Quartet
ANCIENT FUTURE

The latest envelope-pushing excursion into global jazz fusion by the internationally-acclaimed Quartet of R. Carlos Nakai, Mary Redhouse, AmoChip Dabney, and Will Clipman. "The word 'fascinating' isn't big enough for this extraordinary album."~New Age Voice

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R.Carlos Nakai Quartet
BIG MEDICINE

On this second release, RCNQ welcomes aboard the formidable Mary Redhouse, whose 5-octave "eco-spiritual" vocalizations and sensuous bass guitar push the Quartet's groundbreaking sound to new heights. "Hearing is believing. Go buy it and be amazed." ~Victory Music Review

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R.Carlos Nakai Quartet
KOKOPELLI'S CAFÉ

RCNQ's maiden voyage fuses the world-renowned Native American flute sound of R. Carlos Nakai with an eclectic blend of salsa, jazz, and Afro-Cuban rhythms. "Performed with the kind of low-key intensity that is the mark of virtuosos." ~Goldmine

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R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, Will Clipman, Nawang Khechog
IN A DISTANT PLACE

A 2000 GRAMMY Finalist, this latest offering finds the Trio collaborating with Tibetan multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Nawang Khechog to produce boundary-shattering world music of the highest order. "A masterpiece of technical and artistic brilliance." ~New Age Voice

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R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, Will Clipman
RED WIND

On this second collaboration--the 1999 Native American Music Award Winner for Best Instrumental Album of the Year--the Trio ventures further and deeper into the mysterious realm of hypnotic trance groove. "Put simply, this is outstanding acoustic music." ~Wind & Fire

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R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, Will Clipman
FEATHER, STONE & LIGHT

This extraordinary first outing from the Trio of R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, and Will Clipman--which rode the Billboard Charts for 13 weeks, debuting at #6--redefines the possibilites of cross-cultural improvisations. "This is psychically seductive music."~Singout!

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Robert Tree Cody, Rob Wallace, Will Clipman
WHITE BUFFALO

Will joins flutist and singer Robert Tree Cody and synthesist Rob Wallace on this stirring and powerful celebration of the birth of Miracle, the white buffulo calf. A musical tribute to the enduring magic and beauty of Native America, with cedar flute and songs in the Dakota-Maricopa tradition.

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William Eaton Ensemble
SPARKS & EMBERS

This double album contains over two hours of new music by the William Eaton Ensemble that will take you on a musical voyage into worlds of wonder and peace. Features the sounds of Eaton's unique instruments including lyraharp guitar, 26 string guitar and spiral clef plus flutes, pan pipes, mandolin, violin, violira, bass and ethnic percussion from around the world. Eaton is joined by percussionist Will Clipman, flutist Claudia Tulip, bassist and vocalist Mary Redhouse and violinist Allen Ames.

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