We want to let you know that Robert has been named "Best Male Artist" for 2007 at the ninth annual Native American Music Awards (NAMMYs) held October 6th in Seneca Falls, New York.
Thanks to all of you who voted!
This is Robert's sixth NAMMY since his 2001 breakthrough Music From a Painted Cave that earned him "Record of the Year," "Artist of the Year," and "Songwriter of the Year."
Robert was selected for this year's award on the strength of his Pueblo Christmas CD, the first title released on his own label, Star Road Records. Recorded at Taos Pueblo, the disk features a dozen classic Christmas Carols arranged for an array of Native flutes, tribal percussion and cello. The recording was also nominated for "Record of the Year."
|  "People ask me why I've made a Christmas album after all the struggles between Indigenous Peoples and Christianity. My answer is I needed to address the contradictions. Our Native religion is based on Nature, and is a 24/7, 365-day spiritual concept, but then there's a Catholic Church on the corner. For many Americans, Christmas is a time when they become conscious of their spirituality, and I wanted to connect our cultures at this special time. No matter what the politics were like when these songs were first heard, the music was created to fill the listener with love, hope and joy."
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