ANVDVNELISGI (Performers) – Various – Cherokee Compilation – (CD) – 4-panel digipak w/ 8-page booklet with lyrics
Horton Records 082 – Released 10.21.2022
Anvdvnelisgi ᎠᏅᏛᏁᎵᏍᎩ is a groundbreaking album of original contemporary music from Cherokee musicians sung in the Cherokee language. Led by Cherokee citizens as part of a wide-ranging commitment to preserve and expand the Cherokee language, the newly released Anvdvnelisgi ᎠᏅᏛᏁᎵᏍᎩ album is produced by Cherokee filmmaker and creator Jeremy Charles and distributed by Horton Records, a nonprofit label that provides support and tools for Tulsa-area musicians to broaden their reach. The album was funded in part through the Commemoration Fund, dedicated to supporting bold and innovative efforts to correct social, political and economic injustices that impact Black, Indigenous, Latinx and People of Color.
Recommended if you like: Leon Redbone, Jesse Ed Davis, Frank Waln, Indigenous, A Tribe Called Red, MIc Jordan, Levi Platero
- Osdawidigalisda (Gon’ Be Alright) – AUSTIN MARKHAM
- Digaduhvsga (The Baker) – ZEBADIAH
- Anvdvnelisgi (Performers) – IIA
- Judadatla Tsisqwa (Spotted Bird) – KALYN FAY
- Gatlohiha (Cherokee Yodel) – AGALISIGA
- Aamaha Digasawosdi (Salty Tears) – MONICA TAYLOR
- Squasesdedi (Shelter Me) – TRAVIS FITE
- Hatsewa (Spill The Tea) – DESI & CODY
- Diyohsdi (Disconnect) – AARON HALE
- Galvladi (Grey Skies) – KEN POMEROY
- Uktena (Uktena) – COLBY LUPER
- Kuwa Detlukv (The Orchard) – MEDICINE HORSE
- Inage’i (In The Woods) – KAWNAR & CORA FLUTE
*Executive Producers – Jeremy Charles & Brian Horton
*Curated & Produced by Jeremy Charles
*Mastered by Buffalo Hide Mastering in Tulsa, OK
*Artwork & Layout by Blake Brown & Keli Gonzales
*Special thanks to Zarrow Foundation Commemoration Fund, One 80 Consulting, and Julie Watson