In the 14th episode of the RPM Podcast, host Ostwelve speaks with two musical architects of the Mexican Indigenous revival - Yaotl of Aztlan Underground and Zero from El Vuh. …read more »
Podcasts
RPM Podcast #014: “Mesoamerica”
RPM Podcast #013: “Motherhood”
In Episode 13, RPM looks at Indigenous motherhood and music. …read more »
RPM Podcast #012: “Revitalization”
In Episode 12 of the podcast, RPM looks at the Indigenous language revitalization movement. Half of the world’s languages have disappeared in the past 500 years and today another language goes extinct almost every two weeks. Indigenous languages are the ones most at risk – which has inspired Indigenous musicians to take up the struggle to save them. …read more »
RPM Podcast #011: “Music is the Medicine”
In our 11th episode, we talk with one of the hardest working musicians on Turtle Island – Mohawk blues-rocker Derek Miller. …read more »
RPM Podcast #010: “Electric Pow Wow”
Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island have been dancing and drumming for generations but, in the 21st century, that rhythmic spirit is finding new forms of creative expression. In our tenth episode, the powwow gets plugged in, mashed up and remixed. …read more »
RPM Podcast #009: “Indigenous Rock”
In episode nine, RPM turns up the volume on Indigenous rock music, from metal to punk. …read more »
RPM Podcast #008: “Singer-Songwriters”
In our eighth episode, the great oral tradition of our Indigenous cultures thrives in 21st century song. …read more »
RPM Podcast #007: “Native Hip-Hop”
Hip-hop is one of the most popular musical genres in Indian Country. In our seventh episode, we explore why the art of hip-hop is such a strong force in Indigenous music culture. …read more »
RPM Podcast #006: “Six Nations”
Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora. In our sixth episode we look at the music from the Six Nations. …read more »
RPM Podcast #005: “Indian Country”
Country music is undeniably huge in Indian Country. In our fifth episode we talk to three Indigenous country artists about why that is. …read more »