The Dance
by Robert Mirabal
Robert Mirabal, has been one of the leaders of the Native Flute renaissance. Mirabal’s style is more “traditional” and less commercial than many of his contemporaries, building his melodies on the rituals that have surrounded him all of his life at Taos Pueblo, where he was born and still resides. “My culture doesn’t allow me to record anything traditional,” Mirabal said by phone from the home he shares with his partner Dawn and their nine month old daughter. “What I create comes out of my body and soul, in a desire to take care of the spirits of the earth.”
After half a dozen well regarded flute albums, Mirabal takes his music in a brilliant new direction on his new album, Mirabal. It’s a full blown celebration of popular music - rock, folk, hip-hop, African, techno and more - albeit with a strong Native slant. “This music comes out of my secret desire to be a rock star,” Mirabal joked. “When I was a kid I’d go off to a little spot I knew and play air guitar. I was too shy to perform in public, so I played for the trees.” Read more
