Canyon Trilogy, Vol. 5

1	Song for the Morning Star 4:16
2	Daybreak Vision 1:49
3	Ancestral Home 4:52
4	Echoes of Time 3:51
5	Inward Journey 3:13
6	Creation Chant 3:09
7	Canyon People 4:36
8	Turquoise World 4:20
9	Cleft in the Sky 3:11
10	Spiral Passage 3:21
11	World of Rainbows 3:45
12	Walking Song 3:03
13	The Sacred Reed 2:43
14	Kokopelli Wind 4:16
15	Departure 3:37
16	Into the Maze 3:52
17	Homage to the Ancient Ones 1:45

Barnes & Noble

R. Carlos Nakai's best known and bestselling work, Canyon Trilogy finds the flutist using overdubs and a digital delay to create the illusion of canyon echoes. The result is at once serene and sublime, as Nakai's calming improvisations provide the listener with a relative aural sense of both space and silence. Nakai has said that historically the flute was used not for entertainment but as an instrument of personal inner dialogue. Listening to his melodic meditations here, some of the music swirls with delicious delirium, while some seems to center on a spark. Use it imaginatively for a rich inner journey or just fill your room with the warm ambience of its tones. Carol Wright

All Music Guide

Canyon Trilogy represents a return to the simplicity of Carlos Nakai's earlier albums such as Changes and Journeys. There are no additional instruments here, no rattles, and no chanting, just his haunting flutes, either solo or multi-tracked. The "trilogy" in the title refers to the three sections of the tape -- "Dawn's Mirage," "Dreamscapes," and "Resonance." ~ Backroads Music/Heartbeats, All Music Guide