EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble; Genre: Folk

With this TV-documentary soundtrack, Mohawk descendant Robertson, the former linchpin of The Band, proves he can still come up with mesmerizing songs when the Great Spirit moves him. And the authentic tribal chants/ instrumentals (by Native American musician Douglas Spotted Eagle) sound as avant-garde as anything from the underground lately. A-

Originally posted Oct 07, 1994 Published in issue #243 Oct 07, 1994 Order article reprints

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