TAOS PUEBLO, N.M. - After a four-year hiatus, American Indian recording artist Robert Mirabal is back with the strongest album of his career. The 13 tracks on ''In the Blood,'' blend scenes from the American experience - past, present and future - with themes from contemporary Native life. Sung both in English and Tiwa, Mirabal's native tongue, love songs merge with ghost songs that roll into Americana ballads and full-on tribal rocker anthems.
Produced by Nashville legend Andy Byrd, this concept album will please dyed-in-the-wool Mirabal fans as well as attracting a brand new following.
''It's the strongest songwriting and performance being put forth today from an indigenous point-of-view,'' Byrd said. ''This album follows a narrative cycle of songs in the quest for a brighter future.''
New renditions of all-time Mirabal favorites like ''Medicine Man'' and ''The Dance'' shimmer beside new works like ''Brave New World,'' ''Pottery Shard Man'' and ''Holding up the Sky,'' which ends with an 1866 quote from Sitting Bull.
For more information on Mirabal or to purchase his CD, visit www.mirabal.com.
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