John Two-Hawks
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| John Two-Hawks | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Allen Hill |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, instrumentalist |
| Instruments | Native American-style flute |
| Associated acts | Nightwish |
| Website | www |
John Two-Hawks (his stage name), born John Allen Hill, is a Grammy-nominated American performing and recording artist.[1] He sings and plays multiple instruments, and is best known for playing the Native American-style flute.
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Recording and performing career
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.[2] He also appeared on Nightwish's End of an Era CD/DVD, a recording of their live performance in Helsinki, Finland on October 21, 2005.
In 2007, Two-Hawks contributed[3] to the soundtrack for the Emmy-nominated[4] Television film, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. In 2009, four of his songs were used in the soundtrack for the film Gentlemen Broncos,[5] and his album, Wind Songs, received a Grammy nomination.[1]
Other collaborations include concerts and recordings with classical guitarist Charles Christian Hammer.[citation needed] He contributed music to the accompanying audio CD for How Not To Catch Fish and Other Adventures of Iktomi by Joseph M. Marshall III.
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[1]
- 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)
Bibliography
- Good Medicine (March 2001)
- Come to the Fire (April 2006)
- To Make a Voice (2008) - Includes bonus audio CD of "Black Cherry Moon" (Single)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 EOL Staff. News - Complete List of Nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards at Eonline. Dec. 2, 2009. Accessed 5 June 2015
- ↑ Ovington, Jacob, "Nightwish collaborator denies allegations that his Oglala heritage is false" in The Dark Domain, 17 January 2013. Accessed 5 June 2015. "Upon listening to a song he contributed to, a young member of the tribe and fluent Lakota speaker found that the lyrics Two-Hawks supposedly wrote in the language were “nothing more than absolute gibberish.” This was later confirmed by David Little Elk, a certified Lakota language expert."
- ↑ Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) Soundtracks at IMDb
- ↑ EOL Staff. News - Complete List of Nominees for the 59th Annual Emmy Awards at Eonline. July 19, 2007. Accessed 19 October 2015
- ↑ Gentlemen Broncos (2009) Soundtracks at IMDb
