John Two-Hawks
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John Two-Hawks is an Oglala Lakota Native American musician who has been performing professionally in live concerts since the early 1990s. He can sing and play many instruments, but is best known for the Native American flute. He has produced a dozen CD recordings and a DVD, and has also written a number of books filled with Native American wisdom to accompany some of his CDs. He often guest lectures for schools and universities on Native American history and culture.
He is featured as the Native American vocalist and cedar flute player for the song "Creek Mary's Blood" on the Nightwish album Once. He also appeared on Nightwish's End of an Era CD/DVD, a recording of their live performance in Helsinki, Finland on October 21, 2005. There he performed "Stone People" from his album Honor as a prelude for "Creek Mary's Blood", which he then performed with the band.
Other collaborations include concerts and recordings with Celtic singer and flutist Seamus Byrne, classical guitarist Sir Charles Hammer, and pianist Bastiaan Pot. He contributed music to the accompanying audio CD for a children's book by Sicangu Lakota writer Joseph M. Marshall III and Yankton Nakota illustrator Joseph Chamberlain, and to the HBO production of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee which aired in May 2007. Primarily, however, Two-Hawks is a solo artist. While his compositions often include many different instruments, he plays all of them himself.
John Two-Hawks presently lives in Arkansas.
[edit] Discography
- Red and Blue Days (?)
- Voices (June 2000)
- Good Medicine (March 2001) - has an accompanying book
- Traditions (September 2001) - with Manach (Seamus Byrne)
- Heal (July 2002)
- Peace on Earth (November 2003) - Christmas music
- Honor (March 2004)
- Wild Eagles DVD (2004) - part of the Cedar Lake Nature DVD series
- Signature Series 2-CD Set (April 2005)
- How Not To Catch Fish and Other Adventures of Iktomi (June 2005) - a children's book by Joseph M. Marshall III that comes with a bonus audio CD.
- Beauty Music (2006) - with Seamus Byrne and Sir Charles Hammer
- Come to the Fire (April 2006) - has an accompanying book
- Touch the Wind (2006) - with Bastiaan Pot
- Cedar Dreams (July 2007)
- Elk Dreamer (March 2008)
