Minoshkite 2024: Siibii on Making Space for LGBTQ2S+ Artists, Returning to Minoshkite

Elmnt FM’s Shawn Allen had a chance to sit down with Cree singer-songwriter Siibii before their set at the second annual Minoshkite Music & Arts Festival. They talked about the need to make space in the music industry for Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ artists, their favourite things about the Indigenous music scene, and what it’s like […]

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Minoshkite 2024: Mimi O’Bonsawin on The Challenges of Breaking Into the Music Industry, What is Music to Her Ears

Elmnt FM’s Shawn Allen had a chance to sit down with Franco-Ontarian and Abenaki singer-songwriter Mimi O’Bonsawin before her set at the second annual Minoshkite Music & Arts Festival. They talked about the challenges of breaking into the music industry as an Indigenous woman, what it’s like working with her husband Ryan Schurman, what to […]

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Minoshkite Indigenous Music & Arts Festival Returns to Ottawa on October 3rd

The second annual Minoshkite (Mee-No-Shkeet) Indigenous Music & Arts Festival kicks off at The Bronson Centre Music Theatre in Ottawa on October 3rd, 2024. This year’s festival features three-time Juno Award winner Tom Wilson (TEHOHÀHAKE TRIO), 2024 Ontario Folk Music Awards Performing Artist of the Year nominee Mimi O’Bonsawin, Inuk throat singer Qattuu, and Cree […]

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INTERVIEW: The Cast of Star Wars (Anangong Miigaading), A New Hope Talk Taking On Iconic Roles

Elmnt fm’s “Juiceman” Jonathan Shaw recently had the chance to sit down with three of the stars of Star Wars (Anangong Miigaading), A New Hope – Dennis Chartrand (Darth Vader), Ajuawak Kapashesit (Han Solo), and Theresa Eischen (Princess Leia), to talk about getting cast in the project, why an Ojibwe language version of Star Wars […]

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