Mary Youngblood
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Mary Youngblood is a Northern California
Native American flutist
. She is half Aleut, and half Seminole
. She has been awarded three Native American Music Awards
, being the first woman to win "Flutist of the Year," which she won in both 1999 and 2000, as well as winning "Best Female Artist" in 2000. She is also the first Native American woman to have received a Grammy Award
for "Best Native American Music Album", and the first Native American person to have won two Grammy's, the first for Beneath the Raven Moon
in 2002 and Dance with the Wind
in 2006.
Her work has been included in the following compilations and soundtracks:
Northern California
Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...
Native American flutist
Native American flute
The Native American flute has achieved some measure of fame for its distinctive sound, used in a variety of New Age and world music recordings. The instrument was originally very personal; its music was played without accompaniment in courtship, healing, meditation, and spiritual rituals. Now it...
. She is half Aleut, and half Seminole
Seminole
The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida, who now reside primarily in that state and Oklahoma. The Seminole nation emerged in a process of ethnogenesis out of groups of Native Americans, most significantly Creeks from what is now Georgia and Alabama, who settled in Florida in...
. She has been awarded three Native American Music Awards
Native American Music Awards
The Native American Music Awards , commonly known as the Nammys, are an awards program presented annually by The Native American Music Association & Awards, which recognizes outstanding musical achievement among Native Americans...
, being the first woman to win "Flutist of the Year," which she won in both 1999 and 2000, as well as winning "Best Female Artist" in 2000. She is also the first Native American woman to have received a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for "Best Native American Music Album", and the first Native American person to have won two Grammy's, the first for Beneath the Raven Moon
Beneath the Raven Moon
Beneath the Raven Moon is an album by Mary Youngblood, released through Silver Wave on February 5, 2002. In 2003, the album won Youngblood the Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album.-Track listing:...
in 2002 and Dance with the Wind
Dance with the Wind (album)
Dance with the Wind is an album by Mary Youngblood, released through Silver Wave Records on May 23, 2006. In 2007, the album won Youngblood a Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album.-Track listing:...
in 2006.
Discography
Youngblood has released the following solo albums:- Sacred Place: A Mary Youngblood Collection 2008, Silver Wave
- Dance with the WindDance with the Wind (album)Dance with the Wind is an album by Mary Youngblood, released through Silver Wave Records on May 23, 2006. In 2007, the album won Youngblood a Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album.-Track listing:...
2006, Silver Wave - Feed the Fire 2004, Silver Wave
- Beneath the Raven MoonBeneath the Raven MoonBeneath the Raven Moon is an album by Mary Youngblood, released through Silver Wave on February 5, 2002. In 2003, the album won Youngblood the Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album.-Track listing:...
2002, Silver Wave - Heart of the World 1999, Silver Wave
- The Offering (live recording) 1998, Silver Wave
Her work has been included in the following compilations and soundtracks:
- My Mothers Garden by Singer-Songwriter TheaCynthia L. StaceyCynthia L. Stacey is a North Carolina singer-songwriter and artist. Her work is influenced by her youth, which she spent at the Musa Isle Indian Village, a traditional Seminole Indian village on the Miami River in South Florida where she was adopted and raised...
- Bears with Joanne ShenandoahJoanne ShenandoahJoanne Shenandoah is an Iroquois singer, composer and acoustic guitarist. She is a member of the Wolf Clan of the Oneida Nation, of the Haudenosaunee Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. Her music is a combination of traditional songs and melodies with a blend of traditional and contemporary...
, Lawrence Laughing, Lyle LovettLyle LovettLyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"...
, Alice Gomez, and Claude Carmichael - Prayer for Peace featuring Michel Cusson, and with Mary Youngblood, Joanne ShenandoahJoanne ShenandoahJoanne Shenandoah is an Iroquois singer, composer and acoustic guitarist. She is a member of the Wolf Clan of the Oneida Nation, of the Haudenosaunee Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. Her music is a combination of traditional songs and melodies with a blend of traditional and contemporary...
- Many Blessings: A Native American Celebration with Lawrence Laughing, Joanne Shenandoah, Alice Gomez, Robert MirabalRobert MirabalRobert Mirabal is a Pueblo musician and Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.His flutes are world renowned and have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Indian...
, Tito La Rosa, and Peter KaterPeter KaterPeter Kater is an American composer, songwriter-singer and pianist who has several times nominated for Grammy awards.He is of German ancestry.-Filmography:-References:* * * * at Internet Movie Database... - Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth with Robert Mirabal, Star Nayea, Bill MillerBill Miller (musician)Bill Miller is a Native American singer/songwriter of Mohican heritage. He was born on the Stockbridge-Munsee reservation, near Shawano in northern Wisconsin....
, Joanne Shenandoah, Little Wolf Band, and WalelaWalelaWalela is a Native American trio of singers. The group was founded in 1997 by sisters Rita Coolidge and Priscilla Coolidge, with Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield as the third member.-Biography:...