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To order CDs, send check or money order to: Lakota Performing Arts 47 N. Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 CDs (except “Hoop of Life”) are $16.00 each, plus $2.02 shipping and handling (total=$18.02) “Hoop of Life... Lakota Stories of the Nobility of the Human Spirit” CD is $14.00 + $2.02 s/h (total=$16.02) Domestic US orders only (be sure to include name and shipping address) |
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Preserving the Heritage:
Insights and Songs from Kevin Locke  |
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Preserving the Heritage:
Insights and Songs from Kevin Locke The second CD in the International Native American Flute Association's Historic Flute Series. The INAFA is a musical and education-based organization whose goal is to foster the advancement, appreciation, preservation, and understanding of the Native American flute, as well as other world flute traditions. For further information about the organization, please visit: www.inafa.org |
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Three years in the making, this breakthrough recording, produced by two-time Grammy winner Tom Wasinger, features traditional Lakota songs played on flute by Kevin and arranged in a vibrant contemporary world music setting. The songs of this recording echo the earth rhythms, and invoke the reality that all of life can come to us through the act of singing. Each is part of a larger whole, a ritual, calling forth the divine energy that is the object of the prayer. They are sung for the animals and in ceremonies to Eagle and Thunder, connecting the people to the sacred through sound.
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Hoop of Life... Lakota Stories of the Nobility of the Human Spirit First received through his Lakota elders, in Kevin’s care these four ancient stories and one personal narrative become universal prayers for global unity, acceptance of cultural diversity, and peace. The inspired sound of his flute and additional Lakota-language narrative beautifully complement the storytelling on this innovative recording. Audio clips: |
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Flute Planet Songs and prayers from the Top of the World Recorded in Nepal, these 11 tracks from three international flutists (Kevin Locke, Manose Singh from Nepal, and Pam Whitman) are traditional European and Asian songs featuring indigenous Northern Plains flute with Brazilian and African percussion. Kevin’s nine tracks include “Amazing Grace” and “23rd Psalm”. |
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Dream Catcher This sublime collection of songs are from the Lakota, Dakota and Meskwaki nations, generously shared with Kevin in a spirit of unity and love, and in an acknowledgement of the dawning of the long-awaited day of a new efflorescence for native peoples, a day in which the spiritual destiny of the American Indian will be fulfilled. |
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Keepers of the Dream part two of the Dream Catcher series Blended with natural sounds of the wild Northern Plains, these soothing solo flute songs and Lakota chants transport listeners to the region from which these enduring melodies and living traditions arise, giving a rich uninterrupted soundscape that echoes a spiritual journey. |
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Open Circle Ancient Northern Plains flute songs enriched with a rhythmic, all-acoustic blend of indigenous instruments from around the world (didgeridoo from Australia, ocarina from Central America, berimbau from Brazil, drums from Africa and the Caribbean) and extraordinary nature sounds from the Dakotas. CD includes illustrated, full-color, 16-page booklet |
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The Flash of the Mirror A proud and powerful collection of solo flute pieces, these songs honor springtime with its new, fresh world of light, warmth, movement, sound, color and fragrance. Herein are songs learned from Everett Kapayou, a Meskwaki elder who devoted himself to upholding the honor and sacred tradition of his people. |
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Midnight Strong Heart These are timeless American Indian songs with contemporary instrumentation, which to Kevin embody evolving lessons of good citizenship and celebrate our individual and collective heritages alike. Backing Kevin’s indigenous flute are electric guitar, bass, viola, saxophone, synthesizer and percussion. Audio clips |
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The First Flute “Best Traditional Recording” 2000 Native American Music Awards. Recorded outdoors at Sitting Bull’s camp on Standing Rock Lakota Reservation, this album has been described as “the ultimate presentation of American Indian flute, heard as it first was among the birds, wind, and waters of the Dakotas.” |
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Lakota Hoop Dancer A book by Kevin Locke For Kevin Locke, the Hoop Dance is more than a dance; it is a way of keeping Lakota traditions alive. In the lively photographs and engaging text of Lakota Hoop Dancer, the importance of the dance to both Lakota culture and all cultures is rendered compellingly... read more |
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