On today’s edition of The Current, three members of the RPM crew spoke with guest host Duncan McCue about music and the Idle No More revolution. …read more »
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Music & Idle No More: RPM on CBC’s The Current
VIDEO: Drezus – “Red Winter”
Drezus’s new video Red Winter has been quickly racking up views on YouTube since he dropped it on January 11th. …read more »
Keith Secola: Seeds, Songs and Social Commentary
Anishinaabeg blues rocker Keith Secola recently released his seventh studio album, Life is Grand, and has written a pop-rock-opera, Seeds, that was seven years in the making. Through both works, Secola is starting to pull a mainstream audience into, what has been, an underground following, and finding ways to stay true to his message along the way. …read more »
Wab Kinew Brings the Flash Mob ‘Round Dance Revolution’ to Strombo
Everyone’s favourite 8th Fire heartthrob, Wab Kinew, surprised George Stroumboulopoulos and his CBC television studio audience—while making all of Indian Country proud—when he led a spontaneous flash mob round dance Thursday night, during an interview taping on George Tonight. …read more »
Native America North Takes New York
Three of our favourite Indigenous artists will be traveling from their Canadian homes to New York this weekend to perform a showcase at APAP 2013. …read more »
The 10 Best Indigenous Musical Moments of 2012
‘Tis the season for looking back on the year that was: reflecting on the highs and lows, and seeing what music moments stand out in our memories. It’s an interesting time for reflection, with all the hope and passion currently rising among our people, so let’s take a moment to reflect on the incredible Indigenous music that found its way to us in 2012. …read more »
16 Best #IdleNoMore Round Dance Videos
#IdleNoMore is blasting its way forward into 2013 to the sounds of the Round Dance Revolution—and we knew it was time to round up some of the best round dances, songs and solidarity dance videos from around the web and around the world.
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Photos and Videos of The Round Dance Revolution: Idle No More
As a companion piece to Ryan McMahon’s amazing post, The Round Dance Revolution: Idle No More, here is a collection of photos and videos that we are curating from across the web and around the world. …read more »
The Round Dance Revolution: Idle No More
Our guest contributor this week is Ojibway/Métis comedian—turned Idle No More organizer and activist—Ryan McMahon. He reflects on what it is about the rising #IdleNoMore movement that has captured our collective imagination, attention and revolutionary spirit. And how it’s taken us from online discussion to a massive mobilization that is literally taking over hundreds of shopping malls, town squares and community centres across Turtle Island—and now the world. …read more »
Idle No More: Thousands of Indigenous Peoples Take to Streets in National Day of Action
In communities across Canada, thousands of Indigenous Peoples braved freezing temperatures to take part in the growing #IdleNoMore campaign—a grassroots Indigenous resurgence movement dedicating to restoring the rights, responsibilities and strength of our peoples and nations. …read more »