''Running for the Drum'' is the fourteenth studio

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Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American ( Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these ...

, released in 2008. One of Sainte-Marie's more successful albums, it spawned one single with "No No Keshagesh". Sainte-Marie also rewrote two verses of "

America The Beautiful "America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two neve ...

History

The album's title comes from a lyric in the song "Cho Cho Fire". ''Running for the Drum'' features the DVD documentary on Buffy Sainte-Marie, ''A Multimedia Life'', which features exclusive interviews with artists such as Joni Mitchell and

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and performances by Sainte-Marie. Sessions for this album began in 2006 until 2007, mostly recorded in Sainte-Marie's home recording studio in Hawaii and part in France. The album opens with two aboriginal influenced songs, "No No Keshagesh" (the album's only single and made as if to sound at a rally) and "Cho Cho Fire". Apart from a reworking on the track "Little Wheel Spin and Spin", all of the tracks here are newly written and unique to this album. ''Running for the Drum'' won the prestigious

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. It features her friend, Taj Mahal on acoustic piano.

Track listing

All tracks written by Buffy Sainte-Marie except where noted. #"No No Keshagesh" – 4:44 #"Cho Cho Fire" – 3:05 #"Working For The Government" – 3:33 #"Little Wheel Spin and Spin" – 3:05 #"Too Much Is Never Enough" – 3:58 #"To The Ends of the World" – 3:45 #"When I Had You" – 4:12 #"I Bet My Heart On You" – 3:26 #"Blue Sunday" – 2:55 #"Easy Like The Snow Falls Down" – 3:52 #"

America the Beautiful "America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two neve ...

" – 3:01 (

Katharine Lee Bates Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker. Bat ...

Samuel A. Ward Samuel Augustus Ward (December 28, 1848 – September 28, 1903) was an American organist and composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of a shoemaker, he studied under several teachers in New York and became an organist at Grace Church (Newar ...

, Sainte-Marie) #"Still This Love Goes On" – 3:55

Personnel

*Buffy Sainte-Marie – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, percussion and drum samples *

– acoustic piano on "I Bet My Heart On You" * Black Lodge Singers – pow wow sample on "Cho Cho Fire" *Whitefish Jrs. – pow wow sample on "Working For The Government" *Chris Birkett – guitars, bass, drums, programming, percussion, keyboards, Tibetan bowl and string arrangements *Monte Horton – electric guitar *Kirk Smart – lap steel guitar *Pat Cockett – slack key guitar *Nico Mirande – bass *Neil Chapman – bass *Cyril Diet – drums *Adrian Fiorelli – drums *Kevan McKenzie – drums *Jim Birkett – drum programming, sound effects *Roger Jacobs – drum loop and programming Production *Producer: Chris Birkett and Buffy Sainte-Marie *Engineer: Chris Birkett and Steve Payne *Mixing: Buffy Sainte-Marie and Chris Birkett *Mastering: Seth Foster *Design: Buffy Sainte-Marie and Patrick Duffy for Attention *Photography: Trevor Brady, Denise Grant, Brian Geltner, Emerson & Lowe, D. Boy, Norman Seefe, NASA, ESA and A. Nota

References

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