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.
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!
NOMINATIONS 2007
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
REVIEWS 2007
Whispering Wind Magazine 11/27/07
Audio Review: by Gene M. Bates
'First Flight': Blackraven
Category: Contemporary/ New Age/ Instrumental
Buttonhooks Music CD/Copyright 2007
One of the best contemporary flute CD's of 2007, Blackraven's debut is dazzling! A clever confection of contemporary instrumentation and Native American flute, Blackraven's music is full of color and light. Dan Hicks' flute sails above each alluring track, drawing us into the lush musical landscapes painted with each and every note. The playing is clean, the songwriting impeccable, and the accompaniment balanced and restrained.
A well-deserved nod should be given to producer/ engineer Charles Button as well as special guests, world percussionist, Will Clipman and guitarist extraordinaire, Aaron White (of 'Burning Sky' fame) for their contributions.
What an amazing album! Favorites 'cuts' include,"Running Horse", a marvelous track entitled, "My Love"and the colorful Button/Hicks composition,"The Irish in Me". A marvelous mix of 'today and traditional', Blackraven's, "First Flight" is 'first rate'!
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On its debut CD First Flight, Blackraven (the Native American Music Award® nominated duo of Daniel Hicks and Charles Button) takes the unique sound of the Native American flute in imaginative new directions, weaving its evocative melodic voice as the unifying thread into a fresh sonic fabric that embraces elements of folk, rock, and world music. The highly personal flute stylings of Daniel Hicks blend seamlessly with the guitar, bass, and keyboard textures of co-composer and producer Charles Button, ably accompanied by multiple Grammy® Nominees Will Clipman on pan-global percussion and Aaron White on guitar, along with a stellar cast of supporting players. As Gene M. Bates of Whispering Wind Magazine writes: “First Flight is first rate!”
Will Clipman/Copyright 2007
While currently on a selective performance schedule, BlackRaven is available for bookings by email:
blackravenmusic@yahoo.com visit our website:
www.myspace.com/blackravenmusic & listen to our music, veiw videos & photos, post comments and leave messages... Thank you, Daniel Hicks - Flutist for BlackRaven - NAMA 07 Nominee
Blessings to all & to all a good Flight!