Nadjiwan – The Dog Lake Sessions The latest release from multi-award nominated indigenous artist Nadjiwan. Recorded last August 2019 in a cabin during a break from the Nadjiwan – 25th anniversary Generations Tour. Recorded over four-days, while on tour and the weekend before their he...
MIMI: NEW MUSIC FROM AN OLD SOUL If you can embrace the grace and power of Northern Ontario landscapes, you will feel the music of Mimi O’Bonsawin. She epitomizes the powerful scenery and the beauty of its waters through her music, all the while yielding to her rich and warm French Canadian and Abenakis...
Lisa Marie is a singer, songwriter from Atikameksheng Anishinawbek. Her Anishinabe name is Odemin Kwe, meaning “Strawberry Woman”. In Anishinabe culture the strawberry is known as the “Heart Berry”, nourishing the body, mind and spirit, and connecting emotions. Her music reflec...
“Ansley Simpson is a Toronto-based Anishinaabe singer-songwriter and inaugural winner of the BullsEye Media Emerging Artist award from ImagineNATIVE and Slaight Music. Her much anticipated debut album “Breakwall” is a gentle, powerful collection of songs that showcase her lilting vocals, clear mel...
In a world where the sum of our lives is defined through another’s gaze, genuinely unchained artists like Winnipeg-bred Hamilton-based Iskwé (pronounced iss-kway) are a rare breed. Named one of the ‘Top 10 Artists to Watch’ by CBC Music, Iskwé’s (‘woman’ in Cree) unmistakable sound weaves her Irish and...
The GroovaLottos | Image source: thegroovalottos.bandcamp.com You can’t help but dance to the funky blues and soul sounds of The GroovaLottos, whose chart-climbing new single, “Do you Mind…? The Phunk,” earned them a nomination from this year’s Native American Music Awards. The first time the GroovaLott...
Described as the “Native American Tupac” by The Seattle Times, Komplex Kai has been working on his craft for over a decade now. His 2016 album Do Right, as well as his Freestyle Friday series on Youtube has earned him over 45k daily followers – a number that keeps growing with renewed...
Fierce and feisty, Haida/Cree singer-songwriter Kristi Lane Sinclair is emblematic of a new wave of Canadian indigenous artists who are turning perceptions upside down. Raised in British Columbia’s backwaters, and drawing more from a DIY/indie aesthetic than traditional or mainstream music, Sinclair’s m...
District Avenue is a hard rock band hailing out of the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada. The band fuses together themes ingrained in their aboriginal culture and societal constructs with the vibrant, ear-piercing sound of hard hitting modern rock. Forming the core of the band is three forme...
Quartet | Carmen Hathaway Carmen Hathaway is a Canadian artist of Abenaki and German ancestry. Her visual arts practice evolves through experiences of exhibition, teaching, and creating works in a variety of mediums including painting, photography, video, and audio. In combining traditional methods wit...
