Complex

At the Indigenous Music Summit, Artists Reclaim Their Own Stories

This year, Indigenous History Month comes with the tragic news of 215 First Nations children found buried in the former site of a residential school in Kamloops, BC. Though the headlines sent ...
CNN

‘I’m not going to censor the truth’: This Sicangu Lakota rapper is using music to fight against injustice and share Indigenous culture with the world

When Frank Waln raps onstage, he is dripping head to toe in his culture. His long, braided hair frames his face, and Lakota jewelry gifted by relatives and fans hangs from his ears – usually porcupine ...
PBS

How Indigenous Music Impacts Modern Genres

The sound of Indigenous communities isn’t limited to flutes and Tom-tom drums! Despite what popular Western culture may have you thinking, the sound of Indigenous communities isn’t limited to flutes ...
WMNF

Keeping the beat alive: Indigenous musicians bridging past and future

11th March 1969: Full-length portrait of Canadian musician Buffy St. Marie kneeling on the floor with her hands clasped. Her long black hair is down and she wears black pants, a long sleeved shirt, a ...
The Australian

Aboriginal music brought to the stage by Clinton Walker’s Buried Country

Walker is a Sydney-based journalist and broadcaster known for his expertise in rock music, particularly Australian rock music in its formative years during the 1960s and 70s, but in the year 2000 he ...
Popular Science

Ecological secrets hide between the notes of Indigenous songs

Since the beginning of time, music has been a way of communicating observations of and experiences about the world. For Indigenous Peoples who have lived within their traditional territories for ...

End the Year Listening to Rising Indigenous Artist Mato Wayuhi

Growing up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oglala Lakota artist Mato Wayuhi—both an actor in and composer for the series ...
The Conversation

Identity and resilience: Aboriginal performers have been singing up the streets of Sydney for NAIDOC week since 1959

Amanda Harris receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Pacific Development and Conservation Trust and the Australian Research Data Commons Laura Case does not work for, consult, own ...
Houston Public Media

Houston’s first Indigenous music festival celebrates diversity of Native artistry

The Good Medicine Indigenous Music Festival is happening this weekend, the first event of its kind in the city. Curated by Houston composer and musician Aryn Ward (Mvskoke/Yuchi), the festival brings ...
13wham

Ganondagan's Indigenous Music and Arts Festival has begun

VICTOR, N.Y.-- Ganondagan is holding their annual Indigenous Music and Arts Festival on July 22 and 23. The event showcases Haudenosaunee and Indigenous cultures through activities including dance, ...
Yahoo

Baker Boy Recruits Female Indigenous All-Stars For New Single ‘Thick Skin’

Baker Boy has shared the fourth single from his forthcoming second studio album Djandjay, ‘Thick Skin’. He enlisted what he has described as a “Blak choir” of acclaimed female Indigenous vocalists to ...