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Kokopelli (/ ˌ k oʊ k oʊ ˈ p ɛ l iː / [1]) is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who is venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture.
He began playing a traditional Native American cedar flute after an accident left him unable to play the trumpet. Largely self-taught, he released his first album Changes in 1983, and afterward signed a contract with Canyon Records , who produced more than thirty of his albums in subsequent years.
A busker in New York City's Broadway-Lafayette subway station playing a Native American flute. During the late 1960s, the United States saw a roots revival of the Native American flute, with a new wave of flutists and artisans such as Doc Tate Nevaquaya, John Rainer, Jr., Sky Walkinstik Man Alone, and Carl Running Deer.
While on tour, he made a trade for his first flute, and became interested in the instrument. He began to play and was soon creating original compositions. He was nominated for Native American Music Awards (NAMMY) in 1998 and 1999. [2] In 2000, he won the NAMMY for Best Male Artist. [3] In 2006, he was nominated for Flutist of the Year. [4]
In school, he had learned how to play clarinet, saxophone, piano, and drums, but found his true musical voice in the traditional Native American flute. He met the renowned Native American flute player R. Carlos Nakai as a young man and was greatly inspired by him. He moved to New York City, playing in a multicultural band made up of a ...
Cherokee Nation "National Treasure" Tommy Wildcat, playing the flute at the Cherokee Nation Hard rock Casino CCO - Community Cultural Outreach Cherokee Leaders Conference in Catoosa/Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2013. Tommy Wildcat (born May 3, 1967) is a Native American musician and academic. [1]
A man in upstate New York showed off his impressive raccoon charming skills in a recent viral video. ... the man is seen luring the raccoons into a trance with the use of a Native American flute ...
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