After a four-year hiatus, Native American recording artist Robert Mirabal is back with the strongest album of his career. The thirteen tracks on In the Blood blend scenes from the American experience—past, present and future—with themes from contemporary Native life. Sung both in English and Tiwa, Mirabal’s native tongue, love songs merge with ghost songs that roll into Americana ballads and full-on tribal rockers.
Produced by Nashville legend Andy Byrd, this concept album will please dyed-in-the-wool Mirabal fans as well as attracting a brand new following. “It features the most melodic and accessible songwriting and performance being put forth today from an indigenous point-of-view,” says Byrd.
New renditions of all-time Mirabal favorites like Medicine Man and The Dance shimmer beside new works like Brave New World, Pottery Shard Man and Holding up the Sky that ends with an 1866 quote from Sitting Bull.
His ninth release overall and second on his own label, In the Blood is Mirabal’s breakout, crossover CD. “This album honors Robert’s songs in a new way,” says Byrd, “taking us on a techno-tribal journey. You’ve never heard anything like it.”
Robert Mirabal has won many honors including two-time Native American Artist of the Year, three-time Songwriter of the Year, and a 2006 Grammy Award for "Sacred Ground," Best Native American Album of the Year. His 2002 breakthrough PBS musical production, Music From a Painted Cave, remains a benchmark of Native American musical entertainment.
