Debbie Rivers learned to play the flute on the traditional silver instruments, but for the last six years, she has branched out to playing on wooden Native American flutes. She took a trip to the Four ...

The Native American flute is known to evoke images of the Old West, a wolf calling to its mate or an eagle silhouetted against a fiery red-painted sky. No one knows this better than Andy Talley who, ...

<p>A collection of Dakota WindSong flutes are displayed in Dave Webb's studio. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p> <p>Dave Webb plays one of his flutes in his studio at his house on Wednesday. (Aaric ...

John Sarantos plays one of 25 Native American flutes he owns in his collection. This flute is replicated of the Plains Indians, made of cedar wood and containing a Loon head on the end. John Sarantos ...

A few years ago, Gary Leatham was a scientist and recruiter for a Seattle biotech firm when the sound of a Native American flute called to him from a sales booth at Folklife. Within 20 minutes he’d ...

DUSTY MOORE HAS carved out an unusual niche for himself – as a specialist in making Native American flutes. He works in a loft on Second Street in Eastport, the smell of cedar prominent, his flutes ...

Family • Wife, Christine; two children: Sam, 8 and Lily, 4 Home • Imperial What he makes • Lee is the owner of Farpoint Flutes and makes custom wooden Native American-style flutes. To reach him, call ...

It takes a soul of stone not to be touched by the haunting melodies of the Native American flute, an instrument that can express both sorrow and beauty with just a few notes. Johnny Kee both makes and ...

A blues band rocks the stage in the Native American Pavilion at the recent NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. A handmade native drum set is center stage, adding a traditional component to the ...

Almost 25 years ago, Nancy Abosaid heard the soothing sounds of the Native American flute on a New Age CD and knew she had to learn to play it even though she didn’t know what kind of instrument it ...