In Native American legend, a poor, lovestruck young man receives the gift of his life when a woodpecker teaches him to make and play a flute, which in turn swayed the girl of his dreams, a chief’s ...

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 ...

Almost 25 years ago, Nancy Abosaid heard the soothing sounds of the Native American flute on a New Age CD and knew she had to learn to play it even though she didn’t know what kind of instrument it ...

Hardly anyone, by now, has not heard the haunting, soothing sounds of the Native American flute. Hugely popularized in the 1980s by artists such as R. Carlos Nakai, the flute goes back to prehistoric ...

Native American flute player Gareth Laffely will make his fourth appearance at the 2019 Musical Echoes Native American Flute Festival. He will perform at 4 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.

A few years ago, Gary Leatham was a scientist and recruiter for a Seattle biotech firm when the sound of a Native American flute called to him from a sales booth at Folklife. Within 20 minutes he’d ...

Debbie Rivers learned to play the flute on the traditional silver instruments, but for the last six years, she has branched out to playing on wooden Native American flutes. She took a trip to the Four ...

It takes a soul of stone not to be touched by the haunting melodies of the Native American flute, an instrument that can express both sorrow and beauty with just a few notes. Johnny Kee both makes and ...

Kevin Locke, an acclaimed Native American flute player, hoop dancer, cultural ambassador and educator, has died in South Dakota at age 68, according to his family. A member of the Standing Rock Sioux ...