It is my pleasure to introduce you to Cochise Anderson. Actor, spoken word - performance artist, storyteller, cultural arts educator, traditional musician, poet and playwright COCHISE ANDERSON re-constructs the perspectives of our modern culture through a Native American point of view. Cochise Anderson's long-awaited debut album, "The Kemosabe Therapy" an eclectic ensemble of "word songs", was nominated for the 2005 Indian Summer Music Awards in the category of Spoken Word.
This September, Cochise returned to the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC to commemorate its first anniversary celebration of the opening of the museum, in association with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As well, Cochise's play, "Braided Lives" will receive a staged reading this month as part of the Raw Stages Festival at the Great American History Theatre in St. Paul, MN. Additionally, while performing "The Kemosabe Therapy Tour", Cochise will also be appearing in the national tour of William S. Yellowrobe Jr.'s play "Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers", directed by Lou Bellamy of The Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, MN in conjunction with Trinity Repertory Company in RI.
A graduate of AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy, NYC), Cochise's artistic travels span from "Saturday Night Live", "The Cosby Show", "Homicide - Life on The Streets", the "Ulali" vocal ensemble (formerly Pura Fe) and the coveted "Bush Artist Fellowship" for Performance Art and Storytelling.
During his one-man performance, "The Only Good Poet is a Read Poet" (Playwrights Center, Minneapolis, MN), Cochise became inspired to create "The Kemosabe Therapy", a full-length album paying homage to his ancestors' message of love & rebellion. Cochise states, "It is the impetus of my art to bring the oral tradition to a new experience for all". By recognizing his elders and listening close to other artists, Cochise gives his gratitude to the traditions of the people from the many nations he has been honored to be among. From the "Mohawk Robin Dance" to the "Zuni Sunrise Song" to the Chickasaw-Choctaw "Lonesome Song", he gives many thanks!! These traditional songs have inspired new songs and poems such as "Coyote State of Mind", "Moon Behind the Clouds" and "How the West Was One". Now Cochise looks to the future by integrating this vision of past and present with a contemporary beat and brings to life "spoken word" statements such as "Stop Dreaming", "Pro-Ject" and "The Kemosabe Therapy" that address the dilemma(s) of our modern times.
Are you ready to hear something fresh, exciting, and unlike anything you have ever heard before? Then have a listen to the CD and check out Cochise!
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.cochise-okcha-a.comTrack List:
1. Mother Earth and Father Sky
2. Old Ones Who Whisper
3. Pro-Ject
4. Coyote State of Mind
5. The Kemosabe Therapy
6. In Search of a Dream
7. Rendezvous
8. Moon Behind The Clouds
9. Spring Into Action (A Rebel's Resurrection)
10. Stop Dreaming
11. How The West Was One (Intertribal)
12. No Title (aka Mad Artist)
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