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Bill Miller has cemented himself as one of the staple native American artists in the last 20 years. In this daily dose, we feature his track called Dreams of wounded knee from his Red Road CD. Artists Website: www.billmiller.net From The Artists Website: * February 13, 2005 - Bill Miller Wins Grammy! Bill Miller accepts the award for best native American music album for Cedar Dream Songs at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) * December 8, 2004 - Cedar Dream Songs- Nominated for a Grammy Bills' latest CD - Cedar Dream Songs has been nominated for Best Native American Music Album by the 47th Grammy Awards. Be sure to mark your calendars now to watch the awards that will be telecast on February 13, 2005 at 8:00pm ET on CBS. * September 2004 - Bill Miller to be a part of Smithsonian Museum of Native American ceremony in Washington D.C. * April 27th 2004 - 9:00-Midnight @ BB King's Blues Club in Nashville, Bill will perform two original songs and be a part of the Tommy Sim's All Star Band that includes music legends, Kirk Guitar Pull . Event will be covered by American Songwriter Magazine as well as R . * April 2004 - PBS reports its highest ratings for the month of March * March 16th 2004 - Vanguard has released Spirit Songs - The Best of Bill Miller. * March 7th, 2004 - PBS Special Songs of the Spirit makes it's television debut in Eureka California. * March 2004 NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE - is running an article on SPIRIT SONGS in its March 2004 issue, along with a photograph. The March/April issue of NATIVE PEOPLES magazine will be highlighting SPIRIT SONGS in two areas: ON THE WIND and HIGHLIGHTS. * February 2004 - BILL LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW - All three artists on the PBS Special were interviewed LIVE on the hour-long national radio program NATIVE AMERICA CALLING, airing on the web, as well as over 35 stations nationwide.(AIROS - American Indian Radio on Satellite) * September, 2003 - SONGS OF THE SPIRIT was taped before two sold-out audiences at the historic KiMo Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Beneath the blazing red-eyed steer skulls staring down from the 1927 âPueblo Decoâ walls of the historic KiMo Theatre, three renowned, multi-award winning Native-American musicians â flutist R. Carlos Nakai, singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah and singer-songwriter-painter Bill Miller â perform with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. The program airs on PBS as part of the March 2004 pledge drive Indigenous Peoples Music COPYWRITE: SINGLE FEATHER COMMUNICATIONS 2007 HOST: MICHAEL KICKINGBEAR E-MAIL: NATIVEMUSIC@GMAIL.COM SKYPE: NATIVEMUSIC LISTENER VOICE MAIL: 1-866-735-0611 (TOLL FREE)Licensing: Single Feather Communications LLC
