My Tewa name is HwAn-Pi-Khaw which means Red Tailed Hawk Song. My father gave me this name and it has turned out to be a good description of who I am and what I do!
Influences
R. Carlos Nakai, Joseph Fire Crow, John Rainer, John Michael Talbot, Andres Segovia, Ruben Romero, Pink Floyd and J.S Bach
Sounds Like
An eagle soaring, a river running, a people dancing, a moon rising, a sun setting...
A Profile of Ronald Roybal by the New Mexico Music Commission
'Sacred Mountain' from "Skyfather's Dream" CD as featured on 'The Blood Cries Out' DVD
'In The Stone Circle' from "Skyfather's Dream" CD as featured on 'The Blood Cries Out' DVD
'Dream Warrior' from "Blue Corn, Red Earth" CD as featured on 'The Blood Cries Out' DVD
'Where The Water Cuts Through' from "Blue Corn, Red Earth" CD as featured on 'The Blood Cries Out' DVD
'Jornada del Muerto' from "Eagle's Journey Into Dawn" CD as featured on 'The Blood Cries Out' DVD
'Evening Song' from "Blue Corn, Red Earth" CD as featured on 'The Blood Cries Out' DVD
'Sun Journey' from "Skyfather's Dream" CD as featured on 'The Blood Cries Out' DVD
'He Who Saves His People' from "Blue Corn, Red Earth" CD as featured on 'The Blood Cries OUt' DVD
About Ronald Roybal - Native American Flute and Guitar
I perform Native American Flute and Classical Guitar in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Being of Tewa and Spanish Colonial descent, I am a mixture of these two worlds just like my music. My music has been nominated for six Native American Music Awards (NAMMYs) and has won two New Mexico Music Industry Awards for Best Native American Music Production. I am also the house musician at the Hotel Santa Fe, the only Native American (Picuris Pueblo) owned hotel in Santa Fe, where I have performed for 12 seasons. I have been helping people to relax and enjoy themselves for a long time!
In addition to flute and guitar I also sing, drum and play the piano. I hope you will enjoy the audio and video that I have posted. I have been blessed with a great gift and I am called to share it with you so that you might benefit from its healing and restorative properties. If you want to hear and see more, check out my site at www.RonaldRoybal.com. You can find cool videos from my NAMMY nominated film, "The Blood Cries Out", as well as performance footage at The Ronald Roybal Music Channel on YouTube.
I hope you will come to regard this space as a place where you can go to drink good musical water. Come and visit anytime and invite your friends! ~Ronald~
I have five CDs that are guaranteed to help you relax and rejuvenate in a good way. If you have enjoyed the music on my space page (low resolution quality), please consider ordering the same music on CD or download (high resolution quality) so that you can enjoy it anywhere in stereo! Go ahead and order... you know you want to... (International shipping is available). You can also visit www.RonaldRoybal.com for snail mail order information.
Click on either banner to visit Ronald's recording gallery for his CDs and full album downloads at reasonable prices!
You can also find much of my work on iTunes!
THANKS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FANS WHO HAVE ORDERED MY MUSIC AND HELPED TO SUPPORT MY EFFORTS TO BRING GOOD MUSIC INTO THE WORLD. ALL MUSICIANS APPRECIATE IT WHEN FANS BUY THEIR MUSIC. IT'S HOW WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO!
"The Blood Cries Out" is a beautiful blend of iconic American Indian imagery captured by master photographer Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) with inspiring music composed and performed by six-time Native American Music Award nominee Ronald Roybal. Separated in time by nearly a century, their joint effort mixes portraits, landscapes and portrayals of American Indian life with Native American flute, classical guitar and piano resulting in a masterpiece of sight and sound that invokes visions of a time and place firmly embedded in the American Spirit. (51 minutes with ten high resolution music videos in stereo sound)
"The Blood Cries Out" was nominated Best Long Form Music Video in the 2007 Native American Music Awards and was a featured selection of the 2007 Santa Fe Film Festival!
"The Blood Cries Out" makes a great 'coffee table' DVD to share with your friends and family! The high resolution video and stereo looks and sounds great on your home movie system!
Here's what one fan has to say....
"Hi Ronald!
We received 'The Blood Cries Out' last week and our family has watched it and listened to it at least five times since then. The images are so beautiful and so powerful and your music seems to be made for them. What a treat for our family to be able to watch something so beautiful together. Thanks Ronald for sharing your talent with us! We look forward to your next release!"
- The Jurgens Family
Click on the DVD cover to order "The Blood Cries Out" from FilmBaby! (International shipping is available). You can also visit www.RonaldRoybal.com for snail mail order information.
THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE TRADITIONAL STYLE FLUTE SONGS...GUARANTEED TO RELAX AND REJUVENATE YOU IN A GOOD WAY! CLICK ON THE SONG TITLE TO LISTEN OR CLICK ON THE ORANGE BUTTON NEXT TO EACH SONG TO BUY A DOWNLOAD! ENJOY!
HI MY FRIEND!!
I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY AND HAVEN'T
VISITED YOUR SPACE OR EVEN CAUGHT UP WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING AND
I AM SO AMAZED AT YOUR PAGE STILL AND YOUR PHOTOS. I AM VERY HAPPY
FOR YOU AND HAVE A LOT OF ADMIRATION
FOR YOU..
SENDING SOME NEW PICTURES FROM NORWAY THAT I THINK YOU MIGHT LIKE.
MANY SMILES FOR YOUR WEEKEND.
PEACE
HELEN
bonjour un petit passage sur ta page pour te souhaiter de passer un tres bon wee end j'espère que la semaine n'a pas était trop dur pour toi? C'est toujours un plaisir de venir te rendre visite et je voulais te remercier pour tes visites par chez moi je te souhaite une tres belle soireé bises prend soin de toi en espèrent te voir sur ma page elsa
Sorry I was slow with the comments. I had to go make my donation to the casino today. LOL Hugs and kisses to you and I hope your luck was better than mine was!!!
The fire is dancing tonight and the winds are talking Dancers from past lives enter the circle Leading me back and forth through the history of myself The mind searches as the spirit dances
The drums...dancing to the heartbeat Memories of long ago insights to the future I hear the winds whispering my sweat lodge dreams I see Sungmanitu tanka (the wolf) my guide
He shows me the ancestors, not mine They are not Lakota, or Tsalagi, or Iroquois But they are all Nations, one Nation Speaking with wisdom to share with each other
Yesterdays create todays and promises of tomorrow The lies will die with the smoke And the whispers of the winds are clear and loud And we shall all see the return of the buffalo AHO
Strange day. After watching a documentary about streakers suffering from over exposure, I took a nap. It was a short one. I woke up a midget. At first I was freaking out, jumping around, trying to reach the wall phone. It tired me out. So I sat on a foot stool and placed my face in my hands wondering why this had happened to me. In the middle of self-pitying I started noticing how much fun it was to kick and swing my feet. I was smiling again, and found myself running through the house at full speed... wrestling with my now giant puppy. Oh, the joy! I hadn't had so much fun in years! We laughed and played and laughed until we both fell asleep exhausted on the living room floor. Then I woke up and ruined the whole damned thing.
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Arohanui and much love from The Land of the Long White Cloud...p
