Mary Youngblood is a rebel with a flute. As one of the headliners for this weekend’s festival Flute Quest at Saltwater State Park in Des Moines, she has reinterpreted the Native American instrument.

Native American flute player Mary Youngblood won Grammy Awards in 2002 and 2006 for two albums she composed and performed, but not everyone congratulated her. That's because in some areas of the ...

There's something about the sound of a Native American flute that can be absolutely enchanting—and in the hands of a master like Mary Youngblood, the sound ably soothes tired bodies and souls. By ...

Mary Youngblood, dubbed the First Lady of the Native American Flute, said it was destiny that she picked up the instrument that has led her to becoming a two-time Grammy winner. Of Native American ...