Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota

Country · 2005 · 14 tracks

Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota

A stark, reverent collection of acoustic ballads and field recordings documenting the history and spirit of the Lakota people. Dusty, cinematic, and profoundly quiet.

October 25, 2005 · Superlatone Records

A reverent, dusty, and deeply mournful meditation on survival and historical memory.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks

01

Everette Helper's Song

1:19

02

Badlands

4:40

03

Trip to Little Big Horn

4:43

04

Old Man's Vision

3:01

05

Wounded Knee

3:13

06

Big Foot

3:18

07

Hotchkiss Gunner's Lament

4:44

08

Broken Promise Land

6:48

09

Casino

4:07

10

So You Want to Be an Indian

4:49

11

Walking Through the Prayers

6:20

12

Three Chiefs

9:11

13

Listen to the Children

5:20

14

[untitled]

2:54

Moments Worth Listening For

The chilling transition from the opening field recording into the echoing, minor-key guitar strums of the title track.

The nine-minute sprawl of Three Chiefs where the music dissolves into a meditative, atmospheric soundscape.

The jarring, rhythmic pulse of Casino that highlights the modern economic complexities of reservation life.

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