Tiokasin Ghosthorse & Matou Concert

An Evening of Indigenous Music and Discussion in Honor of Mother Earth

Tiokasin Ghosthorse and his band, Matou will be in Port Washington on Saturday, Oct 9th at the Landmark Theatre on Main Street.  Tiokasin Ghosthorse, the Lakota musician from Cheyenne River Lakota (Sioux) Nation of South Dakota, storyteller, poet, university lecturer, scholar, essayist and human rights activist, one of the great exponents of the ancient red cedar Lakota flute, and plays traditional and contemporary music, using both Indigenous and European instruments. He is a master musician, has played since the age of 3, and teacher of magical, ancient and modern sounds. He has been a major figure in preserving and reviving the cedar wood flute tradition and has combined "spoken word" and music in performances since childhood.  Most recently he has appeared with Sting, David Amram and Pete Seeger.  Tioaksain Ghosthorse is also host of  First Voices Indigenous Radio on WBAI.  His band, Matou is a group of Indigenous musicians and performers who collaborate in the performance of original, compositions that celebrate indignity, cultural strength, perpetuation of tradition and express a love for nature. The group is a collaboration of Native American and Maori Musicians and performers who each bring with them their own recording and performing background.  This program is an evening of indigenous music and discussion in honor of Mother Earth with a new CD release.

Tickets are on sale now through Kathleen Donnely and Paumanok Poems and Pictures of Long Island. 516-607-9111  $30 To reserve your seat go to www.poetographylongisland.com/purchase/paypal. 

General seating. 7:00PM- 9:00PM  Doors open at 6:30PM.

For more information please contact Terri Heiman of Natural Forces Studio at 516-457-3885.