At 14 minutes long, it's an immersive and artful mix of the dancers, the drum, the singers and the sunlight that filled the weekend. Beautiful.
Menominee Nation 2011 Powwow_ from DESTINATION X RIDE on Vimeo.
Born in Prince George, BC and raised on the Sucker Creek First Nation near High Prairie, AB, country music has always been a part of the life of Nathan Cunningham. Now a regular on CFWE-FM radio in Northern Alberta, Nathan has taken the necessary steps moving into the next level of his professional musical journey.
Working with Octavo Productions and Big Boy Music based out of Edmonton, he has just released his first video for his song Saturday Night Angel. Produced by Kris Rurka and directed by Dean Davies, it follows the formula for a hit country video telling a love story between a husband and wife through sleek photography and high production value. It bodes well for Nathan that this is just his first video. We look forward to what he'll come up with next.
Keep tabs on Nathan Cunningham at radio3.cbc.ca.
Wayne Lavallee, Gabriel Ayala,Will Belcourt, The Johnnys, Tracy Bone & JC Campbell, Ali Fontaine, Cassidy Mann, Kyla Cederwall, Darren Lavallee and RPM's own Christa Couture will be joining joining headliners Winnipeg's most, Derek Miller, Sherry St. Germain, World Hood, Leela Gilday, John Arcand and A Tribe Called Red on the five day festival lineup.
From Aborignal Music Week, More artists just announced:
THE FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE
Tuesday, November 1 Take the Fort! @ West End Cultural Centre John Arcand, Darren Lavalle, and guests TBA
Wednesday, November 2 Hip Hop Night @ West End Cultural Centre Winnipeg's Most, and guests TBA
Thursday, November 3 Aboriginal Songwriters @ West End Cultural Centre Leela Gilday w/ Ali Fontaine, Cassidy Mann, Kyla Cederwall
SaskMusic Showcase @ Pyramid Cabaret Artists TBA
All My Relations Stage @ Windsor Hotel Hosted by Tracy Bone & JC Campbell w/ Christa Couture, Gabriel Ayala, and guests TBA
Friday, November 4 The Electric Pow Wow @ Pyramid Cabaret A Tribe Called Red, World Hood, and guests TBA
All My Relations Stage @ Windsor Hotel Hosted by Tracy Bone & JC Campbell w/ Wayne Lavalle, and guests TBA
Saturday, November 5 The Saturday Night 49er @ Pyramid Cabaret Derek Miller, Sherry St. Germain, and guests TBA
All My Relations Stage @ Windsor Hotel Hosted by Tracy Bone & JC Campbell w/ The Johnnys, Will Belcourt, and guests TBA
Watch AMW's first of four videos promoting the festival's concerts:
The songs incorporate traditional drums, flute and chants, but you can hear the cultural influence in Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia's vocals as well - his voice reflecting his experience singing traditioanl pueblo and powwow music.
Indian Country Today's Saturday Night Videos featured all Native Roots this week. If the band is new to you, the playlist is a great introduction. Sit back and enjoy at indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com.
For further insight, NAPT recently posted an interview with Native Roots co-founder, Sisseton-Dakota/Chippewa multi-instrumentalist John Williams. Stream the mp3 here.
To get you started, check out this track Native Say:
Shot in Vancouver B.C., this video captures a beautiful day in the summer with a great soundtrack of rap supplied by Cody the Catch.
This video was directed and edited by Chrome Vision and Stat from Iron Krookz productions and Cody the Catch himself.
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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.
MC Lady Xplicit hails from San Diego, CA and is the owner of the record label Strictly Business. Part African American, part Navajo, she is a hot contestant at this year’s Native American Music Awards as she is up for public vote. Check out the nominees and get your voting on because the deadline for the next round is Setepmber 12, 2011.
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
Inuit, Métis and First Nations films will be available for screening on the enRoute in-flight media players on Air Canada flights from September 1st until October 31st, 2011. This collection of films comes from the imagineNATIVE short films program in association with the imagineNATIVE Film Festival taking place October 19th – 23rd, 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
The films available in the enRoute in-flight media players from imagineNATIVE are:
An exciting opportunity for Air Canada, Air Canada passengers, imagineNATIVE and also the film makers, this collaboration will give an opportunity for an open dialogue and platform for people to view great Indigenous film content.
Excitingly enough, also featured is director Kate Kroll's film entitled Shi-shi-etko, about a young Sto:lo girl who is about to leave her family behind to attend residential school. The film stars Coast Salish R&B superstar Inez. Also slated is another film entitled Suckerfish, directed by Lisa Jackson which features the Smoky Valley drum group is among the other great titles included in this selection. Featured in both the above mentioned films is 10-year-old singing sensation Takaya Blaney, who has been causing a buzz on YouTube with her amazing singing talents with her song Shallow Waters.
Be sure to catch some of these films if you happen to be flying with Air Canada, and if you’re in Toronto in October, be sure to check out the imagineNATIVE Film Festival at various venues around town.
Here's a trailer for Shi-shi-etko:
We’re more than pleased to hear some beautiful female rock music here at RPM! This is a great introduction to Wanbdi’s solo material. Now based in the United Kingdom, be on the lookout for more coming from this multi-talented drummer and vocalist.
Get Wanbdi's solo EP Where The Fishes Go at wanbdi.bandcamp.com.
Got an Indigenous music video you'd like to see featured on our website? Drop us a line to: info@rpm.fm
In this video interview with the four brothers from Houcke, Arizona - Tuco (upright bass), Rattlesnake (washboard), The Fly (vox and lead guitar) and The Lazer (drums) - they tell us why they play hard and rock even harder.
At this summer's Pala Band of Mission Indians' powwow, Young Spirit Singers performed the final song. Those gathered joined in and AmigoKandu captured the powerful voices and drum well:
For more great powwow video, visit youtube.com/AmigoKandu.
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