John Two-Hawks is a performing and recording artist who has been performing professionally in live concerts since the late 1980s. He sings and plays many instruments, but is perhaps best known as a virtuoso player of the Native American flute.He is featured as the vocalist and cedar flute player for the song "Creek Mary's Blood" on the Nightwish album Once. He also appeared on Nightwish's End of an Era CD/DVD, a recording of their live performance in Helsinki, Finland on October 21, 2005.Other collaborations include concerts and recordings with Celtic singer and flutist Seamus Byrne, classical guitarist Sir Charles Hammer, pianist Bastiaan Pot and guitarist/bass player Van Adams. John Two-Hawks was the featured musician in the musical score for the HBO production of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee which originally aired in May 2007. The musical score by George S. Clinton which featured Two-Hawks' music, earned one of 17 Emmy nominations, and was released as a soundtrack CD in 2007.
In ways that words cannot, the flute can reach into the deep places of our being and gently heal our spirit. If we are ever to mend the sacred hoop and experience peace on earth, the healing must first begin within us, one human being at a time.
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eureka! The Art of Being
2014
Documentary musical score
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
TV Movie musician: native american instruments / musician: singer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gentlemen Broncos
2009
performer: "Cedar Dreams", "Twilight", "First Flight", "Winds of Stillness" / writer: "Cedar Dreams", "Twilight", "First Flight", "Winds of Stillness"
Nightwish: End of an Era
2006
Video performer: "Stone People"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
From Venus
2005
Roadside Native American
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Conquest of America
2005
TV Mini-Series composer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nightwish: End of an Era
2006
Video
Himself - Vocals (uncredited)
Known for movies
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) as Music Department
Gentlemen Broncos (2009) as Soundtrack
Nightwish: End of an Era (2006) as Himself - Vocals
Eureka! The Art of Being (2014) as Music Department
$900,000
