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Native Slovak Courting Flute and Native American Style Courting Flute music by DAVID MARTINKA. NATIVE SLOVAK IS FIRST NORTH AMERICAN RECORDING OF ITS KIND

Building on the success of his 2005 CD Release Legends of Time which received a 2006 Indian Summer Music Festival nomination David Martinka returns in 2008 with Native Slovak. This collection of solo songs features the Slovakian Courting Flute and Native American Style Courting Flute. As a self taught musician David Martinka draws on nature, life and his inner self to create his songs. David Martinka’s Slovakian Flutes are hand crafted especially for him with the help of Tomas Kovac who is in contact with the best flute makers in Slovakia. David also crafts a version of the Native American Style Flute which are used in many of his recordings. With a long family history of music and love for the Native American Flute, David Martinka is the first to bridge the courting, healing, and peaceful side of both the Native American Style Courting Flutes and the Native Slovakian Courting Flutes in this landmark recording Native Slovak!

Native Slovak CD release is honored with nomination!! 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Nominee (Solo Instrumental Song): Two Bucks, Billy and Mike This year over 42,000 albums and 560,000 songs where submitted in the largest music awards of any kind in world history!