Thursday December 5, 2013
Indigenous Music Culture.
At an early age, Mitch began playing guitar and quickly found a love for music. In 1997, Mitch began a 7-year gig with the C-weed Band in which he sang and played lead guitar. Since then, the C-weed Band has recorded the CD, Run As One in which Mitch wrote two of the songs and played guitar on each of the CD’s tracks. In April of 2002, Mitch recorded and produced his first solo CD Keep On Believing has received generous airplay on Aboriginal radio stations across Canada. It also won the award for Best Country Album at the 2003 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards held in Toronto. He was also nominated in the categories of Best Male Artist and Best Songwriter. He released “Driving All Night” in May 2008. In November 2008, Mitch received two awards for Best Songwriter and Best Male Artist at the 2008 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards held in Toronto.
It’s here again – Aboriginal Music Week! Indigenous artists, music fans and industry are flocking to Winnipeg, Manitoba, this week for one of the largest Indigenous music festivals on Turtle Island. …read more »
