Painted Raven is the contemporary Native American and World Music duo led by Annette Abbondanza(Painted Raven) of Orlando FL, in collaboration with Holly Harris (Red Feather) of Ocala, FL.

Painted Raven has released eleven CDs to date, titled -Spirit Journey, Mirage, The Great Gallery, Season of Lights, Wildflowers, Transcendence, Kindred Spirits, Crossroads, Medicine Wheel-Prayers of the Four Directions, Sacred Spiral - Earth To Spirit Native American Flute Meditations, and most recently, Taking Flight. All original, instrumental songs featuring Native flutes, guitars, keyboards, ethnic percussion instruments and drums. We are currently working on developing more material for future CDs and are planning to do some live shows and flute and drum workshops this coming year. Be sure to check out our Newsletter for upcoming events and information, and dont forget to pick up a copy of our newest CD!!!!!

Annette Abbondanza(Painted Raven), a native of central Pennsylvania of Cherokee and Sioux heritage, currently resides in Orlando, FL. Previously founder and leader of the band The Legend of Stone Soup, Annette focused her musical talents toward furthering the efforts of various charitable organizations such as Domestic Violence Services, The Food Bank, American Cancer Research, AIDS awareness, and many other urgent causes. Expanding on the experience she gained through performing for cancer, AIDS, and other critically ill patients, Annette was inspired to seek out a new direction in musical expression and healing, which resulted in the creation of Ashes to Phoenix -healing music for the mind body and spirit- www.ashes2phoenix.com.

Songwriter, producer, recording engineer, performer, and leader/visionary of Painted Raven, Annette is self-taught on guitar, keyboards, Native American flute and many other instruments, She has released several of her own CDs, as well as many other recording projects for several other area artists and youth. She has performed at large venues such as the Apollo of Temple University (Liacouras Center) in Philadelphia, the historic Hershey Theater for the live broadcast of the WITF public radio production -The Chords are Stacked- as well as many regional arts and music festivals across the country. Her music has been aired on "Echoes" on NPR National Public Radio and various other local broadcasts and webcasts.
(Guitar, Keyboards, Native American Flute, Drums, Percussion, Bass, Mandolin, Banjo, Vocals)

A special thank you to the musicians previously contributing their talents to Painted Raven, including David Rose, Elisa Smith, and Marsha Harris.