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The internationally acclaimed Robert Mirabal has just released Indians, Indians (Silverwave Records), an enhanced CD with a video mix track. Mirabal's talents as a writer, singer, musician and especially, storyteller, are showcased here. My favorite part is his storytelling piece about what an Indian IS. There is humor here, and poetry, and more than a bit of male braggadocio.

You get the feeling that being an Indian these days automatically promises a man groupies clamoring for a romp in bed. There are haunting love songs like “Dream of You,” a duet with the soulful Laura Satterfield, protests of racial hatred like “Theo's Dream,” and best of all, the story of childhood memories, “Blue Lake.” The storytelling is the best part of Indians, Indians; Mirabal paints with words.

Serenity Now (Wallace Music & Sound, Inc.), by Rob Wallace, is classically New Age, an instrumental work of light and harmony that would provide a pleasing soundscape for a healing room. Wallace, who has created sound designs for “edutainment video games,” has designed some unusual effects in Serenity Now. The second track, “Celtic Light Lullaby,” sounds as if he's playing shards of tinkling glass. Though the music sounds electronic, there are also natural sounds like waterfalls and bird calls. Perhaps the most beautiful track is “Forest Spirit.” Serenity Now certainly lives up to its name.

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