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Birth name
  
John Allen Hill

Website
  
www.johntwohawks.com


Name
  
John Two-Hawks

Associated acts
  
Nightwish

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Occupation(s)
  
Singer, instrumentalist

Instruments
  
Native American-style flute

Role
  
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Albums
  
Wind Songs - Native American Flute Solos, Honor

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album

Similar
  
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John Two-Hawks is an American performing and recording artist. 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

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Two-Hawks is featured as the vocalist and cedar flute player for the song "Creek Mary's Blood" on the Nightwish album Once. 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.

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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.

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Other collaborations include concerts and recordings with classical guitarist Charles Christian Hammer. 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
  • 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)
  • References

    John Two-Hawks Wikipedia