Kevin Locke, world-renowned Native American performer and educator, and member of the Baha'i community, has won a Native American Music Award (Nammy) in the Record of the Year category for his latest recording, Earth Gift.   He was also nominated for awards in the Artist of the Year and Flutist of the Year categories.

The 11th Annual Native American Music Awards - the music industry's largest organization for Native American music initiatives and expression -. were presented at an awards ceremony on October 3 at the Seneca Niagara Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY.  In 2000, Kevin won a Nammy for First Flute.

Three years in the making, Earth Gift, a breakthrough recording, produced by two-time Grammy winner Tom Wasinger, features traditional Lakota songs played on flute by Kevin and arranged in a vibrant contemporary world music setting. 

Kevin's life work is sharing an understanding of the oneness of humanity through his music, dance, and storytelling and Kevin hopes this recognition will allow him a greater opportunity to share the universal message of the oneness of humanity.

As Kevin says, Earth Gift has “sounds that don’t tie things to a specific culture, tribe, or ethnicity. It takes people into an area that transcends cultural specificity; a place of universal appeal.”


Learn more on Kevin's website.