John Two-Hawks

Career

He sings and plays multiple instruments, and is best known for playing the Native American-style flute. Two-Hawks is featured as the vocalist and cedar flute player for the song "Creek Mary"s Blood" on the Nightwish album Once, for which he also contributed lyrics. He also appeared on Nightwish"s End of an Era Civil Defense/Digital Video Disc, a recording of their live performance in Helsinki, Finland on October 21, 2005.

In 2007, Two-Hawks contributed to the soundtrack for the Emmy-nominated Television film, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

In 2009, four of his songs were used in the soundtrack for the film Gentlemen Broncos, and his album, Wind Songs, received a Grammy nomination. Other collaborations include concerts and recordings with classical guitarist Charles Christian Hammer.

He contributed music to the accompanying audio Civil Defense for How Not To Catch Fish and Other Adventures of Iktomi by Joseph M.

Works

• Other Work

  • Discography Red and Blue Days (2000) 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) - audio CD accompanying children's book by Joseph M. Marshall III Beauty Music (2006) - with Seamus Byrne and Charles Christian 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) of dirt and dreams (September 2008) - as The Badlanders with Van Adams Wind Songs (2009) - 2010 Grammy nominee for Best Native American Music Album Earth, Fire, Water, Wind (2010) Vision Seeker (2011) Heaven and Nature Sing (2011) The Wind of My Soul (2012) Beautiful World (2013) Horse Spirit (2014).