RobertMirabal

  • March 19, 2008

Described as a Native American 鈥淩enaissance man鈥 鈥 musician, composer, painter, master craftsman, poet, actor, screenwriter, horseman, and farmer 鈥 Robert Mirabal has traveled extensively and played his music all over the world.

Mirabal is also an accomplished Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo in New Mexico. His flutes are world renowned and have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institute鈥檚 Museum of the American Indian. An award-winning musician, Mirabal performs worldwide, sharing flute songs, tribal rock, dance, and storytelling. Mirabal has twice been named the Native American Music Award鈥檚 Artist of the Year, and has received the Songwriter of the Year award three times. He is also a two-time Grammy Award winner, including a 2006 Grammy Award for听Sacred Ground, Best Native American Album of the Year, and his 2007 Grammy for Best Native American Album,听Johnny Whitehorse Totemic Flute Chants.

His 2002 breakthrough PBS musical production,听Music From a Painted Cave, remains a benchmark of mainstream Native American storytelling.

Mirabal published a book of storytelling poetry and prose in 1994 entitled听Skeleton of a Bridge听and is currently writing a second book,听听Running Alone in Photographs. Aside from his artistic talents, Mirabal is a father and a farmer, living in Taos Pueblo and participating in the traditional ways and rituals of his people.