DANVILLE — For someone whose music has been played in outer space, Hariprasad Chaurasia is deeply grounded to his earthly backyard. Neighbors on his Bettencourt Ranch cul-de-sac are sometimes ...

North American Indigenous Flute vs. “Native American Flute”: What is lost when the difference between the two traditions is blurred? Josh Chrysler Kevin Locke (Hunkpapa Lakota) is truly a cultural ...

FORT YATES, N.D. — Kevin Locke played an important role in keeping alive the lost art of the Native American hoop dance. He also was an accomplished flute player, storyteller and educator who was ...

ARLINGTON – While Dario Meguire lay near death on life support in a Seattle hospital in June, the recorded Native American flute music his mother played for him penetrated his unconscious state. “I ...

BENTONVILLE — The lonely melody. The soothing tone. The sound that can evoke flying birds or lead to a meditative state. It’s almost as if it casts a spell. That’s why on the last Saturday of each ...

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 ...

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 ...

FORT WALTON BEACH — After a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19, the Musical Echoes Native American Flute Festival returns to the Fort Walton Landing this weekend. The event, which was started in 2001 ...