Top Ten Native American Musicians

Robbie Robertson's second children's book, 'Hiawatha and the Peacemaker,' is based on a sacred Native American story. David Jordan Williams Robbie Robertson is spending his golden years holed up and writing feverishly.

Wray was born on May 2, 1929 in Dunn, North Carolina, to Fred Lincoln Wray, Sr. and his wife, Lillian M. Wray (née Coats). They were Shawnee Native Americans. Three songs he performed were named for American Indian tribes: "Shawnee", "Apache", and "Comanche".

Redbone is a Native American rock group originating in the 1970s with brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas. They reached the Top 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974 with their No. 4 hit single, "Come and Get Your Love". The single went certified Gold selling over a million copies.

His father, Jesse Ed Davis II, was Comanche, and his mother's side was Kiowa. His father was an accomplished artist known for his "true Indian" painting style; his works were exhibited in the capitol in Oklahoma City.

Raymond Carlos Nakai (born April 16, 1946) is a Native American flutist of Navajo/Ute heritage.

WHEREAS, Mildred Rinker Bailey’s groundbreaking and pioneering career as a Native American musician is currently being recognized in an exhibit entitled, ‘Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in the Popular Culture” at the National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House in New York City; and

Robert Mirabal Frogtoon Music - Artist Biography For Robert Mirabal Robert Mirabal is a Pueblo Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.

This is info from Rita Coolidge interviews with the release of her brand new album, Safe in the Arms of Time. Walela In 1997, Coolidge was one of the founding members of Walela, a Native American music trio, that also included Priscilla and her daughter Laura Satterfield.

Joanne Shenandoah, PhD, is one of America’s most celebrated and critically acclaimed musicians. She is a Grammy Award winner, with over 40 music awards, including a record 13 Native American Music awards and 17 recordings.

Bill Miller (born January 23, 1955) is a Native American singer/songwriter and artist of Mohican heritage. He is a guitarist, player of the Native American flute and painter.

Jim Pepper (June 18, 1941 - February 10, 1992) was a Kaw-Muscogee Native American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer. He came to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of The Free Spirits, an early jazz-rock fusion group who first recorded his best-known song, "Witchi Tai-To."

Stevie Salas reveals the unsung contributions of Native American musicians to rock history. Drawing upon the 2012 Smithsonian exhibit, "Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture," Salas’ documentary, “RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” highlights rockers like Link Wray ...

John Trudell (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz.

Brulé & AIRO is a contemporary Native American New Age/Worldbeat music group based in South Dakota. They have sold over one million CDs worldwide, won a number of awards, and have made media appearances with the Live with Regis and Kathie Lee television show, CNN WorldBeat, QVC, and others.

Pura Fé (born: Pura Fé Antonia ("Toni") Crescioni) is an American Native singer-songwriter, musician, composer, seamstress, teacher and activist. She is also the founding member of the Native American women's a cappella trio, Ulali

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Mary Youngblood (born June 24, 1958 in Kirkland, Washington) is a Native American musician descendant who plays the Native American flute. A half-Aleut/half-Seminole child, she was adopted by Dr. Bob and Leah Edwards, both educators.

Robert Tree Cody (born April 20, 1951) is a Native American musician, dancer, and educator. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1969. Robert is an adopted son of Hollywood actor Iron Eyes Cody.

Blackfire is a Diné traditionally-influenced, musical group composed of three siblings: two brothers and a sister. Their high-energy style melds traditional Native American and punk rock into an "alter-Native" attitude with strong sociopolitical messages about government oppression, relocation of indigenous people, ecocide, genocide, domestic violence, and human rights.

In those same notes, Doors drummer John Densmore describes him as “a magician,” while U2 guitarist The Edge calls him “a downright punk rocker.” A Native American rock pioneer who calls his sound “Native Americana,” Secola appeared to be gaining traction during the ‘90s.

In today's music industry, 26-year-old hip-hop artist Frank Waln is often described as a “Native American rapper" or “activist" -- a figure who seems to effortlessly draw people in with his long braids, colorful production, and award-winning storytelling of his heritage and struggles.

This is a list of Native American musicians and singers. They are notable musicians and singers, who are from Peoples indigenous to the contemporary United States, including Native Alaskans, Native Hawaiians, ...

Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity. All individuals on this list should have Native American ancestry.

Andrew Vasquez is a Native American flute player of the Apache tribe. He has released four albums to date, Vasquez, the award-winning Wind River, V3: An American Indian, and Togo, all released by Makoché Records. Life. Vasquez is Kiowa Apache.

The Black Lodge Singers won the Native American Music Awards of several occasions, including 1998 Best Powwow Album, 2000 Debut Group, and 2004 Best Powwow Music. They were nominated for a Grammy Award in 2004.

Gary “Litefoot” Davis is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. He began his career in 1991 as the first NATIVE AMERICAN RAP ARTIST and he’s since performed thousands of concerts across North America and toured internationally releasing 11 award winning albums.

Joy Harjo (born Joy Foster on May 9, 1951, Muscogee) is a poet, musician, and author. Born in Oklahoma and based in the Southwest, she took her paternal grandmother's surname when she enrolled in the Muscogee Nation.

Jim Boyd (1956 – June 22, 2016) was a Native American singer-songwriter, actor, and member of The Jim Boyd Band on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington. Boyd has performed in several groups, including XIT, Greywolf, and Winterhawk.

Ulali recorded on the soundtrack for the Turner documentary series The Native Americans. They subsequently had two of their songs, "Mahk Jchi" and "Ancestor Song" featured on Robbie Robertson's album Music for The Native Americans.

Kevin Locke is Lakota and Anishinaabe. He is a preeminent player of the Native American flute, a traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator. He is most known for his hoop dance, The Hoop of Life.

“A modern master of the Native American Flute, a premier performer of the instrument of our time…” – – – Billboard Journal An enrolled Kalapuya member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, who resides within his indigenous homelands in Oregon, Jan Michael Looking Wolf is a world renowned Native American flute player.

Tommy Wildcat graduated from Sequoyah High School 1985, and he is a graduate of Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK, in 2014. His Bachelor's Degree included a Major in Cherokee Cultural Studies and a Minor in American Indian Studies.

Best Native American Rock Bands interactive top ten list at TheTopTens®. Vote, add to, or comment on the Best Native American Rock Bands. Best Native American Rock Bands. Kaluyuti The Top Ten. 1 Redbone. Redbone opened many doors for other Native musicians but got little acknowledgement because Native musicians were not really accepted in the mainstream at the time. Most people don't even ...

Todd Tamanend Clark (born Todd Clark; August 10, 1952) is an American poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, cultural historian, author, artist, and activist.

Gary Stroutsos is a flute player based in Seattle, Washington who plays a variety of genres of music. He has made his mark by tapping into the Native American canon, and has brought several forgotten songs to life. He plays a variety of different flutes from all around the world, and in unusual settings.

Martin Espino is a Mexican-American musician and composer of ... Espino's musical inspiration comes directly from traditional Native American/Mexican music as well as ...

Walela is a trio of singers, named for the Cherokee word for hummingbird. The group was founded in 1996 by sisters Rita Coolidge and Priscilla Coolidge, with Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield as the third member.

Sharon Burch of Navajo and German origin is a founding advisor of First Nations Composer Initiative. Sharon Burch is an organizer, composer, teacher of general music, author of educational music-books, singer (English and Navajo language) besides being a recording artist.