Thursday June 20, 2013
Indigenous Music Culture.
Indigenous hip-hop artists in Winnipeg recently gathered to create a coalition against the negative stereotyping of Indigenous rappers. The process will be a part of a new documentary series, 8th Fire, that will air on CBC Television.
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Sagkeeng First Nations rap artist Young Kidd shares real family love in the new video for his song Care For You.
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DJ Dow Jones presents Young Kidd’s Wonderful Winnipeg Mixtape. …read more »
Big Slim aka Sleezy Sleeze brings us a track featuring Canadian rappers Charlie Fettah of Winnipeg’s Most and Drezus from Team Rezofficial out of the Peg city. …read more »
The 25th annual celebration and competition of emerging Indigenous artists announced this year’s contestants. Seventeen singers, mostly from First Nations and Métis communites in Manitoba, will be performing one song each on September 24th at the Pantages Playhouse in Winnipeg.
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Hard to believe these are the last shows of August! Live music and powwows are making noise from East to West Coast. Here’s RPM’s picks for the weekend. …read more »
Now more than ever, diversity is the key word in Indigenous music. From fiddle, to beats, to bluesy guitar, Aboriginal Music Week, November 1-5, 2011, will showcase the best of First Nations, Native American, Inuit and Métis music. …read more »
Just over a month since releasing his first official music video, Métis artist Don Amero has released another. …read more »
Most artists will tell you they’ve been writing songs since they were a kid but not many artists record and release those songs while still a teenager. Métis artist Cassidy Mann, at fifteen years old, manages to be true to her young self and experiences with a sweet thoughtfulness and insight you may not expect from her years. …read more »
The undead walk amongst us in the streets of Winnipeg in this 10 minute video release from the Filthy Animals for their unreleased single Killing Me.
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