Celebrating the Musical and Cultural Expressions of the World's Indigenous and Folk Flute Traditions
Performers of the
Native American Flute
Adam Hawkins
Description: Biographical information, services, performance schedule, videos
Al Jewer
Description: Photos, videos, discography, stories, reviews, CDs for sale
Ann Licater
Description: Biographical information, performance schedule, discography, workshops
Arvel Bird
Description: Performance schedule, booking, biographical information, music store, MP3 store, CD booklets, blog, video samples, photos, press/media
Bobb Fantauzzo
Description: Performance schedule, CDs for sale, JazZen ensemble, reviews
Cornell Kinderknecht
Description: CDs for sale, performance schedule, classes offered, biographical information, photos, videos, online lessons
David R. Maracle
Description: Biographical information, CDs for sale, original stone carvings, traditional flutes available, videos, concerts and workshops, accomplishments, tranquility and wellness packages, performance
schedule, merchandise
Ellen L. Saunders
Description: Silvan Sampler CD - Native and world flute fusion with guitar accompaniment; audio
samples; contact information; CD sales and classes
Gareth Laffely
Description: Biography, CDs for sale, videos, performance schedule, flutes for sale, photos
Description: Native American-style flutist from the United Kingdom, CDs for sale
James Marienthal
Description: Performer of Native American-style flutes, silver flutes, and bamboo flutes; audio samples, biography, inspiration, photos, reviews
Description: Biography, CD for sale, audio and video samples, performance schedule
Description: Biography, Videos, One Heart, CDs, backing tracks, audio samples, CD for sale, learn-to-play
Description: Audio samples, CDs for sale, streaming, downloads, biographical information
John DeBoer
Description: Biography, CDs for sale, sound examples, photos, reviews
Joseph Firecrow
Description: Biographical information, CDs and DVDs for sale, performance schedule, photo gallery
Kathie Corley (Cerantha)
Description: Biographical information, performance schedule, blog, CD available, photos
Ken Talaga (Nothos Natural Music)
Description: Performer of the Native American-style flute, digital downloads available
Kevin Locke (The Traditional Flute Voice of Indigenous America)
Description: Biographical information, news and articles, performance schedule, curriculum-based school programs, university, museum and library programs, Native American history, photo gallery, video, CDs
for sale
Description: Music for meditation, comfort, and peace; Native American-style flutes, soundhealing,
videos, biography, reviews
Lex Nichols
Description: Biographical information, CDs and DVDs for sale, audio samples, reviews, blog,
performance schedule, photos, video
Description: Performer of the Native American-style flute; CDs for download
Mary Youngblood (First Lady of the Flute)
Description: Biographical information, performance schedule, photo gallery, CDs for sale
Michael Graham Allen (Coyote Oldman)
Description: Native American flutes, replicas, rim-blown flutes, CDs for sale, biographical information,
blog
Michael Searching Bear
Description: Biographical information, honors and awards, performance schedule, discography,
merchandise for sale, photo gallery, video samples, flute maker
Description: CDs for sale, videos, gallery, Native American-style flute maker of the month
Painted Raven - Flutist: Holly Harris
Description: CDs for sale, biographies, photos, videos, performance schedule
Patrick Springer
Description: Song downloads, biographical information, performance schedule, photos
Description: Ethnic fusion/world music with a Native American influence; biographical information;
audio samples; digital downloads
Peter Phippen
Description: Biographical information, performances, CD purchase details, audio samples
R. Carlos Nakai
Description: Biographical information, discography, performance schedule, reviews, press; CDs for sale
Randy Granger
Description: CDs for sale, biographical information, performance schedule, booking information, press, photos, newsletter, videos
Randy "Windtalker" Motz
Description: Biographical information, CDs for sale, performance schedule, booking information,
press kit, reviews, photos, videos, music samples
Description: Native American flutist, executive director of the Native American-Style Flute Awards,
videos
Description: CD releases; music wisdom; photos, biography,
Ronald Roybal
Description: Biographical information, CDs and DVD for purchase, performance schedule, streaming
video, audio clips, photos, press kit
Description: Biography, CDs for sale, performance schedule, photos, Native American-style flutes for sale, videos
Ryan Little Eagle Molina
Description: Biographical information, songs for download, videos, appearance schedule
Scott August
Description: Biographical information, CDs for sale, reviews, news, photos, performance schedule,
mailing list, blog
Silk and Stone (Dale Young and Patsy Cemeron)
Description: Collaborative, intuitive, spontaneous collaboration, Native American flute, keyboard, and
vocals
Stephen W. Emerick, Ph.D.
Description: Retreats, blog, calendar of events, full audio samples, biographical information, poetry, photo gallery, CDs for sale, press and reviews
Steve Rushingwind
Description: CDs for sale, audio and video samples, performance schedule, biographical information
Timothy J.P. Gomez
Description: Biographical information, performance schedule, photos, CDs, videos
Tony Duncan
Description: Biographical information, video samples, Estun-Bah ensemble, CDs, testimonials, Yellow
Bird Dancers, performance schedule, picture gallery
Vicki Logan
Description: Biographical information, performance schedule, video and audio samples, press information
Vince Redhouse
Description: Biographical information, CDs, flutes for sale, miscellaneous merchandise, photo gallery,
Wind People Music education program information, videos, performance schedule
Performers of the Irish Flute and Whistle
Brendyn Montgomery
Description: Biographical information, CDs for sale, performance schedule, online courses, press, Avoca House Music, Web design
Chris Norman
Description: Irish flute performer, biography, press room, performance schedule, booking information,
retail shop
Conal Ó Gráda
Description: Traditional Irish flutist, biographical information, performance schedule, photos, video
samples, private lessons via Skype and in person, books and CDs for sale
Danú - Flutist: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Description: Traditional music and song from Ireland. News, band biographical information, photos, performance schedule, CD for sale
Dervish - Flutist: Liam Kelly
Description: Magical Music from Ireland; biographical information, discography, performance schedule, reviews, news, videos and CDs for sale, press, photo gallery
Enda Seery
Description: Biography, CDs, audio samples, reviews, performance schedule
Flook - Flutists: Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen
Description: The unique impact of this band stems from the wholly intuitive, almost symbiotic, exchange between the various flutes, frets, and skins. CDs for sale, performance schedule, press quotes, band biographical information
Kíla - Flute and tin whistle: Colm Ó Snodaigh; tin whistle and low whistle: Rossa Ó Snodaigh and Eoin Dillon
Description: Contemporary Irish Music - traditional meets Irish Rave and back again
Kilfenora Céilí Band - Flute and tin whistle: Anthony Quigney and Garry Shannon
Description: In the span of a century, entire countries rise and fall, cultures evolve, fashions transform. Yet, some have endured. There are those who still prevail and even prosper. One such icon, Ireland’s oldest céilí band, was born a century ago in the tiny village of Kilfenora.
Laura MacKenzie
Description: Irish and Scottish music and repertoire on wooden flutes and whistles; biography; performance schedule; videos; photo gallery; CDs for sale
Leo Mac Namara
Description: Irish flute and whistle performer from Scariff, County Clare, biographical information, video samples, performance schedule, photos, instruments used in performance
Liminal Duo - Irish flute and whistle: Dr. Andra Bohnet
Description: Celtic flute and bodhrán duo, video, performance schedule
Lúnasa - Flutist: Kevin Crawford; Whistles: Seán Smyth, Kevin Crawford, Cillian Vallely
Description: Tweets, news, band and individual biographical information, CDs for sale, performance schedule, blog, awards, press photos, reviews, video
Matt Molloy
Description: Irish traditional flutist, biographical information, discography, interview, photo gallery
Na Rósaí - Flute and whistles: Conor O'Bryan
Description: Traditional Irish, Appalachian, Scottish, and Breton tunes and songs on fiddle, flute, uilleann pipes, bouzouki, and whistles; exploring the links between the musical traditions of the British Isles and North America by arranging tunes from the two regions with a traditional sensibility.
Nuala Kennedy
Description: Scottish-based Irish traditional singer and flute player. As a performer, she weds a serious pedigree of musicianship and a deep understanding of the history of her native music, with a light-hearted musical spontaneity. The Irish Times described Nuala Kennedy as “a flute player and composer of
remarkable finesse, fearless of the unknown.”
Paddy Moloney with The Chieftains
Description: Performer of the Irish tin whistle and uilleann pipes; founder and leader of The Chieftains
Peatbog Fairies - Whistle and pipes: Peter Morrison
Description: CDs for sale, press, performance schedule, band biographies, photos, video samples
Skip Healy
Description: Irish flute and whistle performer, biographical information, performance schedule, Irish flute maker, CDs for sale, teaching and playing tips, testimonials, audio samples, awards, discography, resume, radio and TV appearances, press kit
Performers of Asian Flutes
Description: Shakuhachi performer, biography, teacher, CDs for sale, composer, videos, audio files
G. S. Sachdev
Description: Bansuri master (classical Indian ragas), blog, performance schedule, CDs for purchase, DVD, private teaching, biographical information, photos
Kerry Leung
Description: Traditional Chinese musician: dizi, xiao, pipa, ruan, liu qin, er-hu, gau-hu, and hulusi. Biographical information, instrument gallery, audio and video samples
Marco Lienhard
Description: Performer of the shakuhachi, taiko, and shinobue, CDs for sale, biographical information, reviews, shakuhachi history, blog, audio and video samples, performance schedule, photos
Michael Gould (Chikuzen Studios)
Description: Master shakuhachi performer and teacher, lessons, discography, performance schedule,
profile, licenses, publications, videos, CDs, reviews, testimonials, flutes for sale, student profiles, links, publicity, tips, and blog
Nawang Khechog
Description: Tibetan bamboo flutist and composer, biographical information, book for sale, CDs available, press kit, performance schedule, projects, photo gallery, videos
Raman Kalyan
Description: South Indian Carnatic flutist, biographical information, press, recordings, videos, tour dates, photos
Riley Lee
Description: Shakuhachi performer, biographical information, discography, performance schedule, about
the shakuhachi, photos, CDs for sale, press quotes
Rodrigo Rodriquez
Description: Shakuhachi performer, biographical information, discography, lineage
Stan "Kakudo" Richardson (Mujuan Dojo)
Description: Shakuhachi performer, CDs for sale, audio samples, articles, biographical information, photo gallery, lessons available, lecture topics
Steve Gorn
Description: Bansuri player, biographical information, quotes, performance schedule, news highlights, recordings for sale, discography, videos
Cornelius Boots (Shinzen 深禅 Shakuhachi)
Description: Woodwind composer-performer, licensed shakuhachi master-teacher
Performers of Middle Eastern Flutes
Eliyahu and The Qadim Ensemble - Ney/Bansuri: Eliyahu Sills
Description: Flutist biography, ensemble biography, CDs for sale, videos, photos, performance schedule, reviews
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Description: Performer of the ney, biography, performance schedule, CDs for sale, audio samples, downloadable music, press, reviews, photo gallery, videos, music scores and lyrics
Shesh Besh - Flutist: Yossi Arnheim; Nay: Alfred Hajjar
Description: The Arab-Jewish ensemble under the auspices of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (flute, violin, viola, oud, nay, Eastern violin, double bass, deff, darbuka)
Performers of South American Flutes
Enrique Rueda
Description: World music performer of unique instruments, multimedia artist, biography, art, video, great quena maker
Nayo Ulloa
Description: Performer of the quena, performance schedule, biography, photo gallery, press, bookings,
CDs for sale, audio samples
Performers of Maori Flutes
Richard Nunns
Description: Authority on nga taonga puoro (Maori traditional musical instruments), honors, in performance, Maori instrument photo gallery, CDs, workshops, keynote speaker, multimedia appearances, biographical information
Performers of African Flutes
Samite (Uganda)
Description: Biographical information, on-line store, performance schedule, his music used in films and television, outreach, photo gallery, blog
Performers of Slovakian Flutes
Bob Rychlik (video)
Description: Performer of overtone flutes, fujara, and koncovka
Winne Clement
Description: Instrument maker and performer: fujara, overtone flutes, single and double shepherd flutes, satara, Moldavian kavals, Native American-style flutes, experimental flutes
Performers of Multiple World Flutes
Bobb Fantuazzo
Description: Performer of Native American flutes, Chinese xiao, quena, Moroccan lira; performance schedule, CDs for sale, JazZen ensemble, reviews
Didier Malherbe
Description: Performer of bansuri flutes, ocarinas, duduk, soprano saxophone, Laotian khen; member of
the Hadouk Quartet, CDs and DVDs for sale, discography, biographical information, poetry, video
samples, photos
Gary Stroutsos
Description: Jazz silver flute, Chinese xiao and dizi, Native American flute; biographical information, discography, CDs, DVDs, and books for sale, video samples, performance schedule, press kit
Description: Global Flute Studio; Biography, flute lessons, studio news
Joanne Lazzaro
Description: Performer of concert (silver) flute, piccolo, alto and bass flutes, Native American flutes, shakuhachi/shakulute, recorder, bansuri, Irish flute, suling, ocarina, quena, xun, pan-flute. Biographical information, audio and video samples, CDs for sale, performance schedule, media press kit, reviews, Los Angeles World Flute Circle calendar
Joseph L. Young
Description: Performer of Native American flutes, single and drone; Chinese xiao and hulusi; Anasazi, Mojave, and rim-blown flutes; Irish penny whistle; Slovakian fujara; suling; ocarinas; and saxophone. Biography, performance schedule, audio and video samples, and CDs for sale. Lessons available through Skype, in person, and group workshops
Monica Williams
Description: Performer of Native American-style flutes, silver flutes, and bamboo flutes; audio samples, biography, teaching news, Flock of Flutes flute choir, CDs for sale, performance calendar, photos
Peter Phippen
Description: Performer of shakuhachi, bansuri, ney, quenacho, quena, tarka, panpipes, African transverse bamboo flutes and hunter's whistles, Haitian bamboo flutes, suling, Korean danso, Chinese dizi and xiao, kaval, rim-blown flutes, Filipino nose flutes, overtone flutes of Norway, Papua New Guinea, and Eastern Europe, Austrian schwegelpfeife, recorder, 19th century one-key American boxwood flutes
Rhonda Larson
Description: Grammy winning flutist; composer; world flutist formerly with the Paul Winter Consort;
plays the western European gold flute, Native American flutes, panpipes, seljefløyte, crystal flutes, Irish whistles, Indian bansuri, and ocarinas; performance schedule; biographical information; CDs and sheet
music for sale; private lessons available; video and audio samples; press kit; blog; Ventus ensemble information
Ron Bracale
Description: Performed of the shakuhachi, Native American-style flute, Ancient Pueblo-style flute, and other world flutes; CDs for sale, sound samples
Ron Korb
Description: Canadian flutist; plays concert flutes, bamboo flutes, bass flute, Irish whistles, Chinese dizi,
and more than 250 indigenous world flutes; biographical information; CDs, DVDs, MP3s, and sheet
music for sale; blog; photos; videos; performance schedule
Sandro Friedrich
Description: Studio musician, composer, and performer of more than 100 ethnic flutes; biographical information; instrument descriptions and audio samples; video samples; photos; references of film, CDs
live performances, and video games; press reviews; awards
Sound Oasis Trio - World Flutes and Woodwinds: Cornell Kinderknecht
Description: Music that feeds the soul, mixing world music with jazz and New Age; music that springs
from an apothecary of woodwinds, keyboard (Cynthia Stuart), and drums (Martin McCall); new CD available; audio samples
Steafan Hannigan
Description: Performer of whistles and low whistles, flutes, ney, and other world instruments; biographical information; press kit; recordings; lessons; photo gallery; session musician; sound engineer; teacher; storyteller
Description: Performer of the Native American-style flute, Irish whistle, didgeridoo, Armenian duduk, shakuhachi, and moyo drum; sound samples, biography, photo gallery
Suzanne Teng
Description: Performer of the Chinese dizi, Turkish ney and zurna, Indian bansuri, Indonesian suling, panpipes, recorders, pennywhistles, Native American flute, ocarinas, flutes from Africa and Eastern
Europe, and double reed instruments from Egypt
Performers of Ocarinas
Cris Gale
Description: Biographical information, performance schedule, news update, media, photos, lesson information, ocarinas and CDs for sale
Performers of Pan Flutes
Jean-Calude Mara
Description: Original pan flute improvisor from France; biographical information, CDs available, Mara Productions
Kevin Budd
Description: Canadian musician building and playing pan flutes and silver flute for more than 20 years; pan flutes for sale, booking information, CD for sale, Papageno flutes, advice and facts, audio samples
Liselotte Rokyta
Description: Biographical information, performance schedule, instruction available, CDs for sale, photos, audio samples
Peder Rizzi
Description: Pan flutist, educator, instructor, composer, and concert performer from Switzerland
Radu Nechifor
Description: Romanian pan flute player and builder; biographical information, video and audio samples,
pan flute shop
Ulrich Herkenhoff
Description: German pan flute virtuoso; performance schedule, CDs for sale, CD reviews, audio samples, video samples, photo gallery, press kit
Performers of Silver Flutes/Classical Flutes
Nestor Torres
Description: Jazz/Latin jazz flutist, multiple Grammy nominee, and Grammy Award winning flutist, holds two honorary doctorates
Peter Sheridan
Description: Specialist in low flutes (bass, contrabass, and sub-contrabass), CDs for sale, performing artist
on Move Records, Australia's longest running classical music label, biographical information, audio
samples, performance/appearance schedule, compositions for low flutes, reviews, photos, press kit
Sherry Finzer
Description: Biographical information, performance schedule, audio and video samples, photo gallery, reviews, CDs for sale