When Jonny Lipford played his first native American flute, he didn't realize the success he'd find. He'd discovered the flute while watching cartoons. 'I saw this character playing a brown flute. It ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — Native American Indian Heritage Week will return to Fort Walton Beach from April 18 to April 24. Mayor Dick Rynearson presented a proclamation Tuesday night alongside ...

Five time Native American Music Awards winner Robert Tree Cody (Maricopa/Dakota) has walked on. Cody was a gifted Native American flute player, singer, and powwow dancer. He was 72. Throughout his ...

Raised in a family of musicians, Melissa Little Wolf Villalobos was introduced to Native American music by her elders. She first heard the sounds of Native American flautist R. Carols Nakai, of Navajo ...

The flute holds a revered place in Indian culture largely because of its association with Lord Krishna, who is also known as Venugopala. “The flute is the oldest musical instrument in the world,“ says ...

FORT YATES, N.D. — Kevin Locke played an important role in keeping alive the lost art of the Native American hoop dance. He also was an accomplished flute player, storyteller and educator who was ...

The Native American flute’s wistful tones evoke images of moonlit nights on the western plains and remind a listener of the musician’s spiritual connection to his world. But to James Pellerite, former ...

Feb. 22—Photo Caption: Dawn Marczak tells a traditional Native American story accompanied by Eric Marczak on flute at the Century Club in Amsterdam in November. Photo Provided AMSTERDAM — After being ...

Press release from Cody Blackbird: Multi-award winning fusion musician Cody Blackbird and his band have received the prestigious “Group of the Year” award at the 2017 Native American Music Awards, and ...

PASADENA, Calif. — At an autumn concert in Southern California, instrumentalist and vocalist Sheela Bringi carefully adjusted the strings of her harp before dedicating the opening invocation to ...