My musical journey began when I was young. Drums were a regular part of our lives. In the  summer were the war dances, now called powwows. As kids, we would imitate the drummers on my mother’s galvanized washtub.

The very first time I heard the flute, I was a young boy living on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation located in Southeastern Montana. Grover Wolfvoice was the flute man playing this wonderful music. The music was beautiful to my ears, yet it scared me. There was much poverty and depression at that time. The sound of the flute touched my heart, where there was much pain and uncertainty. Through all of the hardships of reservation life, the beauty and wonder of our homeland beckoned to me.”    
-Joseph Fire Crow

Fire Crow’s follow-up, Cheyenne Nation, combined a soulful mixture of traditional flute and contemporary instrumentation to earn a GRAMMYTM nomination at the 43rd Annual Awards.

In November of 2003, Fire Crow’s Legend of the Warrior received recognition for both the Native American Music Award for “Songwriter of the Year,” as well as the Indian Summer Music Awards flute category winner.

Fire Crow’s collaborative effort with Jim Cockey lead to the composition of “Parmly’s Dream,” from the CD Signature.  This release won FireCrow the “Best Instrumental Recording” Award at the 7th Annual Native American Music Awards.

Fire Crow’s latest effort, Red Beads, was released in late August of 2005.  Red Beads comes full circle with a return to the traditional.  This recording includes Fire Crow’s mother, Elva Stands In Timber.  Joseph was honored to have her join him.

In 1995 Fire Crow’s songs, "Creator’s Prayer" and "Wind in My Mind" were selected to open and close the best selling album Tribal Winds: Music from Native American Flutes on the Earthbeat label. Ken Burns also chose some of Fire Crow's music to be included on the soundtrack for his documentary "Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.” In addition, Fire Crow is a major contributor to several European releases, including Shaman, Circles of Life and Medicine Power on the German label, Sattva. Most recently, Fire Crow’s music was featured on Public Broadcasting Service’s The War that Made America film.

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