Award winning musician, master guitarist and native flute player, singer, songwriter and producer Keith Secola will appear on Tuesday, April 24, at two events in Zimmerman Library. At noon, he will speak at the brown bag lunch in the Herstein Reading Room, and at 3 p. m. he will give a lecture and performance in the Willard Room in the west wing.
Secola is a member of the Asinshinabe Nation is originally from the Mesabi Iron Range country of northern Minnesota. He now resides in Arizona where he plays his brand of native folk and blues rock.
His music is familiar to thousands of fans across North America and Europe. Secola’s famous song “NDN Kars” is considered the contemporary Native American anthem. He is a six-time winner of Native American music awards.
The Medicine Wheel lecture series is sponsored by the Indigenous Nations Library Program. Both events are free and the public is welcome.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu