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Though not Native American by blood, Randy “Windtalker” Motz has had a life-long passion for Native cultures, history, legends, and the First Peoples’ sacred connection with the earth. He continues to study these topics to this day and shares what he has learned with others online and at his performances. So, though not Native by blood, he can be considered Native in spirit. The name “Windtalker” is the trail name he used in 2006 when he and his wife thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. It became his professional stage name when he began recording and performing live.
In 2006, Windtalker recorded his first CD, “Native SoundScapes,” followed up with “Canyon Whispers,” in 2011, and “Hόzhό’ – Walking in Beauty,” which was nominated for “Best Native American Album of 2016” by One World Music Radio after remaining on OWMR’s Top 100 chart for six months.
2020 was a pivotal year in Windtalker’s musical journey, as he released “Awakening,” a soothing blend of Native American-style flute and ambient-infused orchestration, reflecting his new-found passion for ambient music. This album, recorded and mixed in its entirety in his motorhome during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic as he and his with “social distanced” in an RV park in Tennessee.
In 2006, Windtalker recorded his first CD, “Native SoundScapes,” followed up with “Canyon Whispers,” in 2011, and “Hόzhό’ – Walking in Beauty,” which was nominated for “Best Native American Album of 2016” by One World Music Radio after remaining on OWMR’s Top 100 chart for six months.
2020 was a pivotal year in Windtalker’s musical journey, as he released “Awakening,” a soothing blend of Native American-style flute and ambient-infused orchestration, reflecting his new-found passion for ambient music. This album, recorded and mixed in its entirety in his motorhome during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic as he and his with “social distanced” in an RV park in Tennessee.
