Chucki Begay

and the

Mother Earth Blues Band

Chucki Begay is a Dine’ singer/songwriter and her style of music is contemporary Native American.  She comes from a place called Dzil’abei (Gray Mountain) on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northern Arizona. 

Chucki began her music career as a solo artist alongside a Native flute accompanist.  She blends her contemporary Native American style of music with soothing rhythms of rock/blues/folk/jazz.  Chucki’s traditional Dine’ teaching influenced her music and is inherent in her motivating words and soulful way of expressing her music, whether it be about love, heartbreak, or Hozhoji or Beautyway. 

Chucki released her debut cd “Songs From My Heart” in 2007 and has since become a well-established national and international music artist making a name for her self among the contemporary Native American music scene.  In 2008, Chucki was nominated “Debut Artist of the Year” for the 2008 Native American Music Awards.  Her music has also received honorable recognition by Native American organizations, television and radio shows, newsletters, and magazines.  Chucki’s style of music has been hailed as empowering, soulful, compelling, and heartfelt.

Currently, Chucki has joined forces with the Mother Earth Blues Band, a well-known rock/blues band.  Together, Chucki Begay and the Mother Earth Blues Band promise to take their music to a higher level within the contemporary Native American music scene and into mainstream society.  They are in the process of recording their first cd together and as a collaborative effort plan to take their music on the road.

Ritchie Anderson, Dine’ from Borrego Pass, NM,  has been the front man for the Mother Earth Blues Band since 1996 playing at music festivals and clubs across the nation and into Canada with his trusty Les Paul “Charlene”.  As a lead-slide guitarist, he has contributed his skills and talent to many top native bands and performers.  Ritchie is a graduate from the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, CA.  His guitar style has been described as ‘bluesy soulful’…but he is pretty versatile and can play just about anything.