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Second 8-Hour Video of Soothing Native American Flute Music

Take a break from the world’s chaos to recharge with the second 8-hour Native America flute music video featuring WindPoem/C.S. Fuqua’s music, used in sleep aid, meditative, and medical treatment settings.

Bonnie Lynne ~ A Tribute

Music inspired by and written for Bonnie over the last five decades

Bonnie Lynne comprises a small sampling of music composed over the last five decades, inspired by or written specifically for Bonnie, my best friend and partner since age 15 who succumbed to cancer 28 October 2022. All proceeds from Bandcamp.com sales are donated to cancer research institutes. Or make a donation of $10 or more directly to the cancer research organization of your choice, notify me, and I will provide you with a download link for a free digital copy of the album plus extras. Thank you. ~ C.S. Fuqua

Preview the entire album through the Bandcamp player:

Eight Hours of Soothing Native American Flute Music

Step back from the chaos with gentle, soothing Native American flute music. This eight-hour video features music from the WindPoem native flute albums, music used in medical treatment and meditation settings, perfect for sleep, concentration, and more. Relax, recharge…

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Can’t Stop Now now available

Can’t Stop Now, C.S. Fuqua’s fourteenth album, blends ethnic, world, rock, jazz, and new age elements into a eclectic collection of twelve instrumentals, featuring instruments from around the world, including koto, erhu, and Native American flute. Seven albums in the series feature solo native flute while the other seven are multi-instrument. Fuqua custom-crafts all native flutes used in his music. He is also the author of Native American Flute ~ A Comprehensive Guide ~ Craft & History as well numerous other books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Can’t Stop Now and his entire catalog of albums is available at the best price anywhere at http://csfuqua.bandcamp.com. Albums are also available on most sales and streaming platforms, including iTunes, Amazon, Pandora, Deezer, Spotify, and more.

Rise ~ New Album Release

Rise is an eclectic collection of World Jazz Fusion instrumentals, comprising elements of Americana, jazz, folk, rock, and ethnic music.

Like his previous multi-instrument albums, Rise incorporates ethnic instruments from around the world, including koto and Native American flute for its soulful sound.

Rise is Fuqua’s fourteenth album. Seven in the series feature solo native flute while the others are multi-instrument. Fuqua custom-crafts the native flutes used in his music. He is the author of Native American Flute ~ A Comprehensive Guide ~ Craft & History as well numerous other books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.

To preview Rise and his other albums in full, visit Bandcamp. His music is available on most sales and streaming platforms, including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and Pandora.

Pass the Biscuits, Please now available

Pass the Biscuits, Please blends World, Americana, jazz, ethnic, and rock music into an eclectic collection of songs right for any occasion or activity. I hope you enjoy the album as much as I have enjoyed writing and recording it. As always, thank you for supporting my work. I wish you the very best. Now…pass the biscuits, please. I’m a bit peckish.

Killing the Buddha ~ World Jazz

Killing the Buddha, C.S. Fuqua’s 12th album, premiers 29 February 2024, featuring jazz fusion, an eclectic blend of Americana, bluegrass, folk, jazz, and rock into something to set your toes tapping and mind tripping. Available form most music retailers and streaming platforms.

Mandostopheles ~ World Jazz to soothe

Mandostopheles is C.S. Fuqua’s 11th album in a series featuring seven solo native flute albums and four multi-instrument world jazz albums. Mandostopheles, like his previous albums, utilizes various ethnic instruments from around the world, primarily the Native American Flute, adding an ethereal element that’s familiar yet brand new and exciting.” Available through most streaming services and digital music retailers. Listen free and purchase at the best price anywhere at Bandcamp.

License WindPoem music for your project at Pond5.

For more music and information regarding flutes, please visit the WindPoem Page.

Structured Madness, Second Edition Now Available

In mid-2025, the original publisher of Structured Madness ~ New Poems in Traditional Formats ceased operations, and all its books went out of print. But Structured Madness is now back in a second edition, and I hope you’ll consider purchasing it for yourself or someone else as a gift. Only 16 percent of Americans read for pleasure. Bring that percentage up! Structured Madness ~ New Poems in Traditional Formats ~ Second Edition collects 80 poems that explore modern relationships and themes within the constraints of traditional and modern poetic formats, from the sestina and Shakespearean sonnet to the magic 9, haiku, and luc bat, as well as many others. So…get out there and read the work of a poet while he’s still alive. Available in digital and print formats.

Flash Fiction “Clichés” in Flash Phantoms

The flash fiction story “Clichés,” a devilishly satisfying tale about a serial rapist and killer, appears in the October 1, 2025, debut issue of Flash Phantoms.

Scented Poetry!

Do you like poetry with a lovely scent? Two of my haiku, featured with the scent of sandalwood and vanilla, have become part of the Urban Ganges scent diffusing line. Check it out. Quite an assortment of poetic scents.

“Skyping with Mom”

The poem “Skyping with Mom” is scheduled to appear in Volume 1 Issue 4 of Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts Magazine, fall 2025.

“Rise Up” featured on Kaidankai Ghost Story Podcast

Ghost story? Zombie story? Love story? Music? Yes. “Rise Up,” complete with two bluegrass-influenced songs written specifically for the story, is now available from The Kaidankai Ghost Story Podcast at www.kaidankaistories.com and most podcast platforms. “Rise Up” is one of my best stories, a story about love, death, grief, coping. If you’d like to read the story behind the story as well as Kaidankai’s editor’s take on it, please read her Substack at https://substack.com/home/post/p-166267278. I am honored by the editor’s words and support. I hope you will not only read the Substack (maybe a three-minute read), but also listen to the story. I believe you’ll find it well worth the time.

From Kaidankai Podcast

The KaidanKai Podcast features two of my ghost stories, “Obon” and “Contrition,” both set in Japan, incorporating Japanese myths that transcend love, life, and vengeance. I hope you’ll check out these superb productions as well as other Kaidankai featured stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com/.

Poetry Collections Now Available

Politics and The Bridge collect new and previously published poems that present the stories of the common and extraordinary experiences we share in myriad ways. The books are available through most bookstores in digital and paperback formats, including Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and many others. You can also request your local library to purchase them through distributors such as OverDrive.

Fatherhood ~ Poems on Parenthood Available from UK-based Stairwell Books

There’s a beautifully composed realness that shapes C.S. Fuqua’s poetry. I reveled in his language and storytelling. I want to gift this book to all my friends and family who are new parents, older parents and all future parents, because this is about life and love. It is a layered journey and Fuqua brings us into his unique, somewhat familiar “home” through poetry that we can dwell in.

Laura Kerr, Canadian Artist & Poet

Native American Flute: A Comprehensive Guide ~ History & Craft updates and combines into one volume the two previous books, The Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft and Native American Flute Craft. Explore the flute’s celebrated history and mythology and learn to build it in all its forms, from the ancient end-blown flute to the modern two-chamber flute, drone, and more.

Walking After Midnight ~ Collected Ctories

More than 30 years in the making, featuring eight Year’s Best selections, Walking after Midnight is a literary trove of 61 critically acclaimed tales of dark fantasy, southern gothic, science fiction, horror, and mainstream fiction that mine the depths of character—how we fail and triumph, accept and reject others and ourselves, how we light the darkest recesses of our souls.

For a complete listing of available books and more, please visit the Bibliography Page.