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Folksongs for a Nuclear Village
Folksongs for a Nuclear Village is the sixth studio album by new-age/jazz group Shadowfax, their first for Capitol Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1989.
"Folksong for a Nuclear Village" was a 1982 dance performance choreographed by Louise Durkee of Seattle in that city.
The cover artwork is a piece by Michael McMillen called "Nel Mezzo Del Cammin Di Nostra Vita", which is the opening line from The Divine Comedy, meaning,
, beginning in 1982 on the Windham Hill label. Shadowfax won a Grammy in 1988 for Best New Age Performance for "Folksongs for a Nuclear Village".
This ground-breaking work combined jazz, rock, folk, and world music elements.
His work on the lyricon, the first electronic wind instrument, which he helped develop with engineer Bill Bernardi, became the signature sound of Shadowfax.
In live performances, Greenberg appeared as a featured artist at Carnegie Hall, Montreux, Ravinia, The Greek Theater,