Album Notes

RED LEAF TAKOJA formerly of Denver, Colorado, then of Taos,
New Mexico, and since 2008 known as Heart Beat, are singers/
performers/composers of indigenous music. Comprised of family and
friends from South Dakota, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma,Taos,
and the Taos Pueblo, the group and some of its individual members
are known internationally for melodic compositions of traditional and
contemporary Native American dance music.This recording represents
a slice of Takoja music spanning a ten-year period from 1975-1985.
In early 1985, at a ceremony conducted by Mr. Leonard Crow Dog
and held for the Denver Indian Health Board, it was stated that members
of Takoja who sang for the ceremony were echoes from the universe,
especially when they sang from the heart.The songs on this recording
are spirited and enthusiastically sung from the heart, thus the birth of
the title to this album.
The singers on this recording include: Pat, Alfonso, Dale,Terrie, and
Howard Bad Hand;Tom Teegarden; Margaret Tyon; Alice Martinez;
Donna and Michelle Concha.The recording took place at Indian
House (known now as Rainbow Media),Taos, NM in July 1985.