That song is very helpful to the tribe, and, in my case, to a huge audience in the world.īecause the song of the shaman allows us to rise above our fears and doubts. You see, the shaman has got a song, usually.
My shaman's role is always, I've realized, to assure us that we're heroes of our own adventure. I've always known that there are shamans in all countries. A very important role to play in the tribe. People who go online think of a shaman up in the freezing north of the world, dressed in ceremonial costumes. What does the word "shaman" connote to you, and what role does the spiritual realm hold in your daily life? This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. caught up with the psychedelic-folk troubadour about his recent rendezvous with Clive Davis, the wild renaissance of his 1966 song "Season of the Witch" and his memories of his wholehearted 1965 debut album, What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid. Two of those were 2019’s Joolz Juke, a bluesy collaboration with his step-grandson (and Brian Jones’ grandson) Joolz Jones, and 2021’s Lunarian, a mystical tribute to Lawrence.
"I had to be reminded I made four albums in two-and-a-half years," he says with a laugh. Over Zoom, with his long, gray locks tucked beneath a hood, Donovan comes across not only as an ageless wizard of yore but a happy, vital artist in the now. The latter teaches youngsters to steward a battered Earth.
(The single is available on limited physical formats on his website the show’s release date remains TBD.) The former, produced and with visuals by David Lynch, casts a purple-clothed Donovan as the titular healer.
Donovan's new single, "I Am the Shaman," and upcoming children's series, "Tales of Aluna," for which he and his wife, Linda Lawrence, have completed 26 episodes, speak to his ability to transform the world heart by heart.
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