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Starts off with chants I recorded among the people of Papua, and then attempts to tell their story from the perspective of my visit amongst them in 1997.
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White River consists of a core of three singer-songwriter musicians, and a host of others, who sometimes play live but who usually record in the studio, delving
White River is not so much a band as it is a recording studio, owned by Brent and Susan Wall. Located near Martinsville, Indiana, White River Recording Studio offers a wide-range of services and deals, and has recorded everything from folk to rock to blues to rap, metal and contemporary Christian. The first full-length CD released from White River in 1998 was entitled "Collective Works," which featured six Indiana song-writers collaborating with over 30 difference musicians. Since then, several other CD compilations have ensued. The core for many White River recordings is (1) Brent Wall, who not only writes songs and sings but also plays a variety of guitars, bass, , mandolin, percussion and keyboards, and does all the engineering and mixing; (2) Larry Vesely, who also writes songs and sings, plays guitar, banjo and bass, but is mostly known for his talent and contributions at the keyboards; and (3) Joe Peters, who also writes, sings and plays guitars, bass and mandolin.
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Peak #406
Peak in subgenre #46
Author
Joe Peters
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Joe Peters
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October 01, 2004
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MP3 5.5 MB 128 kbps 0:00
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My wife Dai and I had a chance to travel to Papua (then Irian Jaya), the eastern most province of Indonesia (western half of the island of New Guinea) in the summer of 1997. It was an eye-and-heart opening experience, and led eventually to a long-term project there to help alleviate poverty by improving the local people's sweet potato-pig systems.
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