We are pleased to present Idle No More: Songs for Life Volume 2. As with Volume 1, the highlights are many! …read more »
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DOWNLOAD: Idle No More: Songs for Life Vol. 2

Thursday June 20, 2013
Indigenous Music Culture.

We are pleased to present Idle No More: Songs for Life Volume 2. As with Volume 1, the highlights are many! …read more »

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 »

Idle No More: Songs for Life Vol. 1 is the first of an ongoing series of free downloadable compilations of songs by artists who support the vision of Idle No More, Indigenous and allies. Volume 1 features a broad and diverse array of artists – everyone from Derek Miller (whose contribution, 7 Lifetimes, is a brand new track inspired by Chief Theresa Spence), to John K. Samson of the Weakerthans. …read more »

Artists are rapidly giving voice to the #IdleNoMore movement in word, dance and song and we’re sharing the latest sounds from Indian Country’s finest. But it’s not just round dances anymore. …read more »

We’d guess that Sean Riquelme earned his Blues Puppy title for the fact that he first started playing guitar at age 6 – as soon as his hands could reach the frets – and was performing for crowds at age 11. A young pup indeed, and now only at 15 years old he’s ready to take the music world by storm with his first EP Licked. The title track is this week’s #RPMdownload. …read more »

Here’s another downloadable track from Mushkegowuk Cree rocker Michael Archibald for this week’s #RPMDownload.
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The Johnnys just put out a new single called Motorcycle Mama, a tribute for a dear friend of Veronica and Jay Bears’ whose story is now captured in the lyrics of the song. …read more »

We have a download of You Were Here in Michigan from RPM’s own Christa Couture from her newly released album The Living Record.
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Australian band The Medics are hot right now – with their recent new album, new videos, and now multiple NIMA nominations. …read more »

We’ve got a new video from Six Nations rocker Shawnee Talbot of She King for her acoustic expression This Is Me.
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