BLACKRAVEN'S Debut Release "FIRST FLIGHT" - Contemporary Indigenous Flute Music

Featuring Daniel Hicks & Charles Button. With special appearances by Will Clipman from The R.Carlos Nakai Quartet & Aaron White from Burning Sky and Blue Stone Project, both are Grammy nominees and Native American Music Award winners.

A note about Will Clipman; musician • poet • performing & recording artist • maskmaker • storyteller • educator • 5-time GRAMMY® Nominee
• 2-time Native American Music Award® & Winner • New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Award® Winner

Dynamic melodies on Native American flutes & backdrops of guitars, bass, keyboards, drums & percussion. Ranging from contemporary ballads to traditionally inspired songs. A beautiful & esoteric flute album that rocks! Blackraven's "FIRST FLIGHT" will send you on a deep journey. No more "New Age Sleepytime Flute Music". This album has a balance of beauty & power that is sure to please!

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Two Native American Music Award Nominations in 2007

Nominated For "Debut Group Of The Year" at the Native American Music Awards 2007
Nominated for "Native Heart" at the Native American Music Awards 2007

La Music Awards 2008 - Nominated for "Producers Choice - Instrumental Album of the Year"

Native American Music Awards 2008 - Winner "Producer of the Year"
Charles Button and company Winner of the "Producer of the Year" award for Still No Good for "The Red Corn Band"

Contact information for booking is as follows: Phone # 928-634-0899, email blackravenmusic@yahoo.com visit us at www.myspace.com/blackravenmusic

Quick update; Our (BlackRaven) percussionist Will Clipman has just received a Grammy nomination in the "New Age" category for the 51st Grammy Awards 2009! Pathfinder is Will's debut solo release and this is Will's 5Th Grammy nod in 4 years, way cool...

Charles Button (producer and co-founder of BlackRaven) and company took home the "Producer of the Year" award at the Native American Music Awards 2008 for The Red Corn Band - Still No Good... Both Charles and I are members of The Red Corn Band and fronted by Jonathan Joss (voice of John Redcorn on FOX’s King Of The Hill, Comanche Moon, Into The West, Almost Heroes). Also in the band fellow actor Tim Sampson (Member of The Tony Award Winning Cast of The Broadway Stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Black Cloud, War Party, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia)


We are starting a "plan of action" to record our 2ND release in early 2009. The core of BlackRaven; me, Charles Button & Will Clipman will be at the helm once again to try to capture the magic for our next album. Accompanied by a stellar cast of musicians to back us up, can't wait...

We are extremely happy and proud of what became of BlackRaven's debut release "First Flight", with 2 nominations at the Native American Music Awards 2007 and 1 nomination at the La Music Awards 2008 and Daniel Hicks performing live at the LA Music Awards on Nov. 20Th was a highlight for us in 2008. With critical national acclaim that we've received, we couldn't of asked for more! Thank You!