Song Stick - Native American Flutes and Music by Troy Good Medicine De Roche
Troy Good Medicine De Roche has
been called "the epitome of pure beauty in sound." He strives to portray
traditional values and the spiritual nature of Native American people
through music.
Playing flutes he has carved by hand, Troy gives voice
to his original songs from the heart. No synthesizer or sampling is
used, allowing the intrinsic beauty of the flute to be heard.
Troy is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation and grew up in
and around Heart Butte, Montana, the geographic heart of the
reservation. Steeped in the traditional values of his people, he also
has experienced the contemporary struggle. Absorbing both with equal
measures of respect and appreciation, through his music Troy honors the
grounding influence of tradition while expressing and transmuting the
challenges of living in, and between, the many sometimes conflicting
modern cultures in America.
He was given the name "Shu'k Sha'mii," which means
"Good Medicine," for the healing powers of his music. It had been three
generations since the elders felt someone was worthy of this powerful
name.
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