Nashville’s only Native American Owned Record Label Sponsors CD release signing and performance tour at Borders Bookstores

Arvel Bird, a Native American musician and entrepreneur will be signing and performing music from his new CD release ANIMAL TOTEMS at 7p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2003, at Borders Bookstore in Cool Springs Galleria Franklin, TN; 7pm on Friday, January 24, 2003, at Borders Bookstore on West End in Nashville, and 8:00 pm February 8, 2003 at Borders Bookstore in Knoxville, TN.  Also, performances are scheduled at Borders Bookstores in the Indianapolis area on February 14, 21, and 28th.  Bird’s performance of his recently released 4^th album on the Singing Wolf Records label will also include selections from his other albums.

ANIMAL TOTEMS is a contemporary instrumental Native American violin/flute CD about animals and their totem meanings.  The compositions blend classical, jazz and Celtic styles to represent the powers, characteristics and the direct connection many Native Americans have with these wild animals.  The music is visual and even mystical, allowing the listeners to experience their own visions.  This album is unique in that it appeals to not only those interested in Native American culture and music but also to a diverse array of music fans and animal lovers.

 

Classically trained, Arvel Bird (www.arvelbird.com), is a professional fiddler who has performed with Glen Campbell, Clay Walker, Louise Mandrell, Tom T. Hall, Ray Price, Loretta Lynn and other major label acts.  He is also the owner of Brush Hill Studios, Singing Wolf Records (www.singingwolfrecords.com) and the Council for Native American Music, Inc. 

Bird’s first solo recording on SWR, “Fiddle Tunes for the Birds," was nominated for Best Instrumental Recording and for Best Folk/Country Artist, at the 2002 Native American Music Awards in Milwaukee, Wisconsin last year.

Bird, a Shivwit Paiute descendant of the Southern Utah region has been featured in The Native American Casino national magazine (May ’02) and Nashville Public Television’s Tennessee Crossroads (Nov ’02).

Bird recently returned from a two-week visit to the Shivwit reservation, near St George, UT, which included trips to 6 other Indian Reservations in Utah, Nevada, Arizona and 2 on-air interviews and performances at Hopi and Apache radio stations.  While at the White Mountain and San Carlos Apache Indian Reservations he was able to talk with an Apache violin maker/performer and acquire an Apache violin, which he now will be recording with and adding to his live performances.

For more information call Kimberly Kelley, director of marketing (615) 406-3689.