As always, to accompany our RPM Podcast we bring you a YouTube playlist of Indigenous Rock music videos.
This week were are very excited to bring you our first Indigenous rock music podcast, and as a sidekick to that, we have put together a playlist on our YouTube channel of Indigenous rock music videos from artists across Turtle Island.
This week we take a look at the 2011 Aboriginal People's Choice Awards nominees for Aboriginal Female Entertainer of the Year with an RPM YouTube playlist.
Elisapie Isaac- Raised in Nunavik, this Inuk songstress is a multi-lingual songwriter with a rich, versatile voice that is finding her an international audience. She is also an award winning filmmaker.
JB The First Lady - Making her home in Vancouver, BC, JB The First Lady of the First Ladies Crew makes her debut into the APCMAs this year after releasing her album Get Ready Get Steady accompanied by a video of the same name. JB is Nuxalk and Cayuga.
Kristi Lane Sinclair- This Haida/Cree singer and songwriter has had a great year with the release of her APTN First Tracks video for The Last Song, and a tour with North Tall Cree cellist Cris Derksen. Smoky vocals and solid guitar playing make Kristi a strong runner for this awards.
Leela Gilday- Hailing from Hay River in Dene country of the Northwest Territories, Leela has been serenading a dedicated audience for the last decade, winning multiple awards including a Juno, and touring extensively throughout Turtle Island and beyond.
Yvonne St.Germaine - A former winner of an APCMA for Best Gospel CD, Yvonne's music is inspired by healing, hope and faith.
Who do you think will win the award for Best Female Entertainer this year?Leave your comments below.
Instalment number two of RPM's roundup of 2011 Aboriginal People’s Choice Awards nominees. This week’s focus will be on the category of Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year.
CerAmony - Juno Award winning Cree rock band CerAmony are in the race with their song The Last Great Man written by Rakesso Mukash and Matthew A. Isserhoff.
Derek Miller - Grand River Mohawk rocker Derek Miller brings his song Stoned For Days into the second round of voting in this category.
Don Amero - Right Where I Wanna Be was written by Don Amero and Jay Tooke. Don just recently released a video for this song as well.
Samantha Crain - Shawnee folk artist Samantha Crain enters her first Aboriginal People's Choice Awards race with her track entitled Santa Fe. The accompanying video was directed by Sterlin Harjo and shot in none other than the beautiful city of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Samian - Pikogan native rapper Samian enters his song Tshinanu which features Florent Vollant of the legendary Innu group Kashtin.
Who do you think will win the category of Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year?Leave your comments below.
As always, accompanying our RPM Podcasts, here’s a YouTube playlist on our RPM YouTube Channel featuring some very awesome and amazing Six Nations Indigenous artists.
Derek Miller - Devil Come Down Sunday
APTN - The Mix - Murray Porter Profile
Robbie Robertson - Fallen Angel
Pappy Johns Band - Them Changes (LIVE)
Tru Rez Crew - I'm A Lucky One
Charlie Hill at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Another year has passed and here we are at the second round of voting for the Aboriginal People's Choice Awards. In honour of the organizers, all the artists and the many loyal voters, we bring to you a playlist of and introduction to the artists involved in the second round of voting.
First, the category of Best New Artist.
Ali Fontaine - Ali is a 17 year old Country artist from Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. Managed by Errol Ranville, a prominent veteran musician out of Manitoba and front for the legendary C-Weed Band, she is set to make some waves in the music scene this year. This is Ali's first time as a nominee in the APCMA's but we're quite sure we'll be seeing a lot more of her in the future.
CerAmony - Coming from the James Bay Cree, CerAmony have done their people proud as ambassadors by winning a 2011 Juno for Best Aboriginal Artist. Using their musical talent to bring light to social and political issues in their community, they have become hometown heroes and a driving force behind Canadian Indigenous music.
Cris Derksen - Hailing from the North Tall Cree Reserve in Alberta, Cris Derksen is a classically trained cellist earning herself a Bachelor Of Music in Cello Performance at the University of British Columbia. Alongside her academic achievements, she has toured the world with her unique style of cello artistry and has shared the stage with many great artists such as Tanya Tagaq, played at the 2010 Winter Olympics and maintains a steady touring schedule around Turtle Island and beyond.
Diyet- A member of the Kluane First Nation in the Yukon of Canada, Diyet is an accomplished songwriter from the community of Burwash Landing. Her songs have been heard all over the world and she has worked hard to earn a degree in music from the University of Victoria. Sticking close to her roots, Diyet brings us a blend of rock and traditional music that is a pure commentary on the future of contemporary Indigenous music.
Ghostkeeper- Based out of Calgary, Ghostkeeper unites the genres of Blues and Pop, creating an original sound that has impacted the music scene in a huge way in the last couple of years. Focusing on strong storytelling and song writing, they have polished their sound to where they want it and are pushing ahead in the music world.
Congrats from RPM.fm to all the artists for making it to the second round!
Stay tuned for more info and playlists from the 2011 Aboriginal People's Choice Awards nominees in the coming weeks.
Who do you think will win the 2011 APCMA Best New Artist Award? Leave a comment below.
Alongside our newest RPM podcast Indian Country, we bring to you a playlist of astounding Indigenous country music videos from our RPM.fm YouTube Channel.
Do you have a favourite Indigenous country music video you'd like to see on our site?Drop us a line to: info@rpm.fm
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Revolutions Per Minute is a global new music platform, record label, and boutique agency for Indigenous music culture. RPM’s mission is to build a visionary community of Indigenous artists and to introduce Indigenous music to new audiences across Turtle Island and around the world. Our main site, RPM.fm, has featured the work of more than 500 Indigenous artists and shared their music across our social networks of more than 275,000 followers.
RPM Records is the first of its kind: a label for contemporary, cross-genre Indigenous music, run by Indigenous people. Selected by The FADER as one of “5 New Canadian Record Labels The Entire World Should Know”, RPM Records artists include Ziibiwan, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Exquisite Ghost, and Mob Bounce.
