Many artists have become very well known with their music and much more is being heard on the different media as well as in public performance. Some are sticking to the classic styles while others have expanded their performance to the worlds of Jazz, New Age, World Beat, and Rock. I haven't heard a Blues flute yet, but I'm sure someone is experimenting with that genre now as I write. I have always loved the sound of flute music and am glad to see it growing again in the Native communities. When I was young there were very few players, it seemed to almost die out till the early eighties when many young men began to play.
Today there are even women who are carrying on the traditions and composing songs.
One of the sad things I have seen is many New Agers have attached themselves to the music of persons who have copied our traditional flute playing styles and put out albums directed at this market. Many of the persons who buy this music do not know that the persons playing are not of North American Indigenous ancestry and are being fooled by these tapes and CD's. As a musician myself, I believe that persons can learn other people's music, but I draw the line if musicians make money by posing as a Native artist with the ability to capitalize on it through sales of their product as well as performance fees. Most of whom are not being utilized and are not profiting from the flute rennaisance of today. So my recommendation is, buy Native.