The Blessed Blend composes and performs music, blending Native American and Celtic sounds, creating a harmony of tribal music from these two ancient and still thriving indigenous cultures. They lift up their voices to The Creator and to bring understanding between all nations of people on the earth through the shared language of our common roots; music.
Blessed Blend is Native American and Celtic Music. In centuries past, native people of Turtle Island (America) and the newly immigrated Irish and Scots, came the realization that there were many shared tribal commonalities between themselves and the people of Native American tribes. From the past through today, we share a deep love for drums, flutes, dance, language, music and culture. This is why it is so common to find many people today in the United States with the blended heritage of Native and Celtic bloodlines. During the 17th century, the term "blessed blend" was coined by the Scots to describe the marriage union between a Native American and a person of Celtic heritage. The same name, "blessed blend" was used to describe children who were born of these unions.
Joseph RiverWind is a member of the Arawakan Taino Indian Nation of Boriken. His great grandfather's family was from Galicia ("Land of the Gaelic People"). He has been performing since he was 4 years old when his father gave him his first flute. He grew up in a musical family playing the flute, singing, dancing, and storytelling. Joseph is a vocalist and plays various First Nations drums and flutes, bagpipes, tin whistle, and bodhran. He is a strong advocate for keeping the oral tradition of indigenous nations alive.
Laralyn RiverWind is descended from Muscogee Creek/Cherokee/Choctaw/ Irish/Scottish families. She has many loves from the cultures of all her people expressed through the arts of music, stomp dancing, art and singing. Her greatest musical passion is playing the Celtic Harp and keeping the traditions alive that have been handed down in her family. Laralyn is a vocalist and plays the Celtic harp, native drum, bodhran, and Native flute. She is a songwriter, member of the National Storytelling Association, educator, and artists who loves shering her music with others.
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Journeys through the Mist A mystical and magical CD of beautiful vocals, flutes and blended American Native and Celtic sounds that will touch your musical soul. CD
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