R. Carlos Nakai: American Indian Flute Music from Arizona

R. Carlos Nakai performs American Indian flute music in a noontime concert in the Library's “Homegrown“ series. Speaker Biography: Of Navajo-Ute heritage, R. Carlos Nakai is the world's best known performer of Native American flute music. He began his musical studies on the trumpet, but a car accident ruined his embouchure. He was given a traditional cedar flute as a gift and challenged to master it, which led to his current path. Nakai views his cultural heritage not only as a source and inspiration, bu