The Land Back Wealth Redistribution Concert will be hosted by the Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G) with support from Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) and Indigistyle – Indigenous Style and Fashion Blog on Saturday, November 7 th , 2020, beginning at 12pm EST and will go until 9pm EST. The Land Back Concert is a fundraising initiative to help […]
Crystal Shawanda released the official music video for ‘Move Me’ from her latest album Church House Blues on October 21st. You can check out the video down below. Singer-songwriter Crystal Shawanda grew up on the unseeded territory of the Wikwemikong First Nations Reserve on Manitoulin Island, ON. She grew up listening to country music and […]
William Prince gave us not one, but two albums in 2020! His new album, Gospel First Nation, came out October 23rd on Six Shooter Records. The album is a gospel country record inspired by his childhood home on Peguis First Nation in Manitoba. Prince returned home to his First Nation during the pandemic to find comfort amidst all the uncertainty. […]
Music NL Country Artist of the Year winner Carolina East admits she would rather be on the road touring and promoting her latest album, but for now she’s settled at her home in St. John’s Newfoundland, waiting out the coronavirus pandemic. Her fourth album is called, Soaked in Whiskey, featuring her powerful, soulful vocals. Q: […]
Though live music events continue to get put on hold, the spirit of music remains strong! That’s why Tkaronto Music Festival has decided to help keep that spirit alive by moving the debut of its incredible Indigenous talent online! “Artists for Artists”. That’s the motto behind the Tkaronto Music Festival: Online, organized by 50/50 […]
“Calling All Dancers” is the first single in over a year from the Godfather of Powwow Step, DJ Shub. It’s also the first on his newly formed record label, Shub Music, partnered with The Orchard’s (Sony Music) new Canadian office. Shub is part of the new generation of Indigenous artists making a cultural and social […]
The coronavirus pandemic can’t stop Christa Couture. Aside from her gig as 106.5 ELMNT FM’s midday host, she is an award-winning performer and recording artist, non-fiction writer, and an advocate for Native Women in the Arts. She is also proudly Indigenous (mixed Cree and Scandinavian), queer, disabled, and a mom. In March she was getting […]
JUNO-nominated Métis artist Amanda Rheaume’s latest single, “The Best,” is sitting at the top of the Indigenous Music Countdown this week. It’s a successful follow-up to her earlier single, “The Skin I’m In,” which hit No. 1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown in May, 2019. She has long tried to employ her music as a […]
“Warrior Heart.” “This is Me.” These are just two of Indigenous singer-songwriter Shawnee’s powerful songs. Her heritage is Mohawk, from the Six Nations of the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. We caught up with Shawnee in Edmonton where she’s hunkered down during the coronavirus pandemic. How are you dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic? Some days […]
“My name is Katherine Paul, and I am Black Belt Eagle Scout. After the release of Mother of My Children, I felt awake and desperately wanted to put new music out into the world. I had no real intent behind At the Party With My Brown Friends except creating songs around what was going on […]