I Am The River, The River Is Me

by Jen Cloher

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Terry Eyssens I think this album is unfathomably good, and beautiful, and tough, and more ... Favorite track: I Am Coming Home.

XtinePoet This is an exquisite album. I love it more with each listen; all the layers - musically, emotionally, spiritually - deep, wide, braided and rippling like the rivers of home. Favorite track: I Am Coming Home.

Whyte Rushan perfect, my witch Favorite track: Mana Takatāpui.

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1.	Mana Takatāpui 04:26	buy track
2.	Harakeke 04:22	buy track
3.	My Witch 02:45	buy track
4.	Being Human 03:25	buy track
5.	I Am The River, the River Is Me 05:41	buy track
6.	Protest Song 05:29	buy track
7.	The Wild 04:02	buy track
8.	Aroha Mai, Aroha Atu 03:20	buy track
9.	He Toka-Tu-Moana 02:24	buy track
10.	I Am Coming Home 05:21	buy track

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I Am The River, The River Is Me, Cloher’s fifth album, is verdant and rich; it luxuriates in stillness, and carries itself with cool, unfussy confidence. It suggests that home is not found in a place or a politic, but in the community you keep: Inspired by Cloher’s powerful matrilineal line of wāhine Māori, I Am The River, The River Is Me is not urgent, or hurried, but it is vital, made with the care and ease of someone who knows that their past began before birth, and will continue long after they’re gone.

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released March 3, 2023

Recorded between Aotearoa (NZ) and Naarm (Melbourne) with producers Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams), Anika Ostendorf (Hachiku) and Cloher’s longtime drummer Jen Sholakis; the album brings in trailblazing artists including Emma Donovan (Gumbaynggirr, Yamatji), Kylie Auldist, Liz Stringer, Te Kaahu (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tīpā), Ruby Solly (Kai Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) and members of the Naarm-based Kapa Haka, Te Hononga o ngā Iwi. The entire record feels communal — a celebration not just of Cloher, but of the rich, life-filled communities that surround them.

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Jen Cloher Melbourne, Australia

Jen Cloher (Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Kahu) is a songwriter and performer living on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm Melbourne.

Cloher’s taut, terse brand of rock is charged with the static tension only an outsider can possess. Admirers have naturally gravitated towards Cloher’s incisive, generous songwriting. Over the course of five albums, they have become one of this continents most revered songwriters. ... more

shows

Jun 6

Vivid

Sydney, NSW
Jun 7

The Servo

Port Kembla, NSW
Jun 8

Mullumbimby Civic Hall

Mullumbimby, NSW
Jun 14

Palais-Hepburn

Hepburn Springs, VIC
Jun 21

Brunswick Ballroom

Brunswick, VIC
Jun 21

Brunswick Ballroom

Brunswick, VIC
Jun 22

Jive Bar

Adelaide, SA
Jul 20

Meeniyan Hall

Meeniyan, VIC

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