Phoenix (Arizona), USA - Young Bird, of Pawnee, Oklahoma, marks their eleventh recording for Canyon Records with the release of
Memories,
an album of southern style pow-wow music On this recording. Young Bird, led by
Curtis Hamilton-Young Bird (Pawnee), gathers around the drum and sings from the
heart in a loving tribute to those that have passed on.
This award-winning drum was nominated for a 2001 Grammy for Best Native American Album for Change of Life and was named Southern Drum Champion at the 2005 Gathering of Nations. Young Bird is in demand at pow-wows throughout North America and attends as many as fifty pow-wows a year.
[Buy Memories].
World Music Central
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