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Coming soon:
Oceti Sakowin:
The People of the Seven Council Fires
Kevin Locke's newest CD |
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The First Flute, Makoché Records, 1999
"Best Traditional Recording" 1999 Native American Music Awards
Recorded outdoors at Sitting Bull's camp on the Standing Rock Lakota Reservation in South Dakota, 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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Dream Catcher
"The songs in this collection are from three magnificent Indian nations: the Lakota, Dakota and Meskwaki. They have been generously shared with me in a spirit of unity and love, perhaps in a natural acknowledgement of the dawning of the long-awaited day of a new efflorescence for native peoples, a day in which the spiritual destiny of American Indians will be fulfilled.” - Kevin Locke |
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Keepers of the Dream, Earthbeat!/Warner Bros. Records, 1994
part two of the Dream Catcher series
Blended with natural sounds of the wild Northern Plains, this soothing collection of solo flute songs and chants of the Lakota transports listeners to the actual region from which these enduring melodies and living traditions arise. A rich and uninterrupted soundscape echoes a spiritual journey and the People's renewal. Includes an inspiring women's song by Sissy Goodhouse. |
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Open Circle, Makoché Records, 1996
Ancient flute songs of universal human experience, honoring our essential unity. These authentic songs of the Northern Plains are enriched with a rhythmic, all-acoustic blend of indigenous instruments from around the world (didgeridoo from Australia, a triple-chambered ocarina from Central America, the berimbau from Brazil, drums from North America, Africa and the Caribbean) and extraordinary nature sounds from the Plains of North and South Dakota. CD includes illustrated, full-color, 16-page booklet. |
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The Flash of the Mirror, Makoché Records
This is a proud and powerful collection of solo flute pieces performed by Kevin, the world's preeminent Lakota traditional style flute player. These songs are offered in honor of the springtime with its beautiful, fresh, new world of light and warmth, movement and sound, color and fragrance. The Flash of the Mirror contains many selections learned from Everett Kapayou, an elder of the Meskwaki settlement in central Iowa, who devoted himself to upholding the honor, dignity and sacred tradition of his proud people. |
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Midnight Strong Heart
"This collection of traditional and new compositions with contemporary instrumentation, embodies the evolving lessons of good citizenship that embrace and celebrate our individual and collective heritages alike.” Kevin Locke |
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Flute Planet – Songs and prayers from the Top of the World
Recorded in Nepal. Flute Planet features 11 tracks from three international flutists: Kevin Locke from the Lakota Nation, Manose Singh from Nepal, and Pam Whitman from the United States. Kevin plays on nine tracks, including two tracks featuring flute and spoken word. Flute Planet gives us several traditional European songs with the sound of the indigenous Northern Plains flute, including "Amazing Grace" and "23rd Psalm", which Mr. Locke recites with flute in the background. |
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Hoop of Life… Lakota Stories of the Nobility of the Human Spirit
Four ancient stories and one personal narrative are used by Kevin Locke to embrace the interconnectedness of all the earth’s people, each part of the one ‘human tribe’. Although these Native American stories were first received through his Lakota elders, in Kevin Locke’s care they become universal prayers for global unity, acceptance of cultural diversity, and peace. The inspired sound of his flute playing, Lakota songs, as well as additional narrative spoken in the Lakota language, beautifully complement the storytelling on this innovative recording. |
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