Robby Romero & Red Thunder Painting The World CD

In 1989, Mr. Romero founded Native Children\'s Survival (NCS), a non-profit organization designed to create awareness through the arts about the protection and healing of Mother Earth and all her children. He also formed the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed Native Rock band, Red Thunder. Red Thunder debuted from the Apache Territories of the Southwest as part of MTV's Street Party broadcast and has since, '.. manded the largest viewing audience of any contemporary Indian group.

' - Encyclopedia of North American Indians Past to Present. In 1990, Mr. Romero's first music video, 'Is It Too Late', was broadcast around the world from the Kremlin in Moscow following President Gorbachev\'s historic environmental message at the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders. 'Is It Too Late' earned Mr. Romero the title of United Nations Ambassador of Youth for the Environment. He was presented this title along with a certificate of appreciation from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) signed by Executive Director, Mostafa K. Tolba during the Children and the Environment Project at the United Nations Headquarters General Assembly Hall in New York City. The event featured a screening of 'Is It Too Late', a live performance by Mr. Romero, and a presentation by Chief Oren Lyons (Faithkeeper Onondaga Nation). For nearly two decades, Mr. Romero has created high profile and successful Awareness Campaigns, Public Services Announcements, and Rockumentary Films on behalf of NCS. His acclaimed and award-winning work has reached millions of people through National and International music tours, broadcast premiers on major networks including MTV, VH1, Sundance Channel, CNN, and SABC Africa, and prestigious screenings from President Clinton's Global Initiative, to Robert Redford's Sundance Summit.

Recently, Mr. Romero joined Carlos Santana, Yusuf Islam (a.k.a. Cat Stevens), Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President Mikhail Gorbachev, and President Shimon Peres in a Concert for Peace in Bochum, Germany. He had the honor of performing with and signing Carlos Santana's classic hits 'Black Magic Woman' and \"Oye Como Va\" before performing his own hits, 'Heartbeat' and 'Hidden Medicine'. Proceeds from this concert supported the humanitarian projects of the Milagro Foundation in San Francisco, and the Desmond Tutu Peace Center in South Africa. Further, Mr. Romero's participation on the 'Encounters: An Alliance For Children' European CD release and 15-city tour helped raise over one million Euros to support 13 different children's programs around the world. $250,000 was donated to the Lakota Circle Village to help build the Sacred Language School on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota.

Mr. Romero's current project, 'PAINTING THE WORLD' is a half hour rockumentary film special with an Eco packaged Native Rock enhanced EP/CD soundtrack. The soundtrack consists of three Indigenous music tracks and two long form music videos composed and performed by Robby Romero with special guest artists from Indigenous territories around the world. The goal of the project is create awareness about the historical adoption of the 'United Nations Declaration on The Rights of Indigenous Peoples', and bridge the gap between Indigenous Pe

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