Marx Cassity in our Spotlight Interview (Acoustic Soul Rock)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K. On this show we welcome from the Osage Nation, Marx Cassity is in the house. Singer, Songwriter and performer, their new album is out, entitled “2 Sacred.” A nice mix of “Acoustic Soul Rock.” Read all about them at https://marxcassity.com.

Enjoy music from Marx Cassity, Brianna Lea Pruett, Natalia Clavier, Aysanabee, Raye Zaragoza, Ryan LittleEagle, Tom Frear Caleigh Cardinal, Sebastian Gaskin, PaulStar, Mike Bern, The Jerry Cans, The Johnnys, Stevie Salas, The Bloodshots, Jota Quest, Q052, David Strickland, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Jalmy, Rhonda Head, Kwiat, Shon Denay, Big Skoon, Chantil Dukart, Jamie Coon, Mamarudegyal MTHC, B-Side Players, Shauit, Sly Mestokosho, Blackbird, Garret T. Willie, Ed Koban, 1915 and much much more.

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OUR INTERVIEW IS 30 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM

MARX CASSITY IN OUR SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

MARX CASSITY INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC FEATURE
MARX CASSITY INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC FEATURE

NEW ALBUM – 2SACRED

HOW LONG

CONTACT INFORMATION

EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE:
https://marxcassity.com
FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/marxcassitymusic/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/osagemarx/
BANDCAMP:
https://marxcassity.bandcamp.com/album/2sacred-marx-cassity
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/marx-cassity/sets/2sacred-full-album-marx-cassity2023
YOUTUBE:
www.youtube.com/@marxcassity
BOOKING: [email protected]

BIOGRAPHY

Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer artist Marx Cassity (Osage/Kaw) delivers inspired synth-driven electronic rock songs with Native nuances, that speak to overcoming hardship through resilience, in connection to nature, humor, love, compassion, spirituality, and heritage.  Guided by spirit, ancestors, and on a mission to help people embrace their identity, Cassity is constantly exploring and evolving as an artist and a person. Called “a songwriter to be reckoned with” by No Depression, they’ve recently added an X to their given name Marca, in honor of gender diversity which has existed throughout all of history.

Cassity is an enrolled citizen of the Osage Nation, with Kaw, Saponi, Susquehannock, as well as French, Scottish-Irish, Irish, English, and German heritage. They are named for their Osage Congressman grandfather Mark Freeman, Jr. and grew up on the Osage reservation on the land of their great-grandmother, original allottee Grace Lessert Freeman who taught them a love of playing piano. Drawn to the instrument from a very young age, they ended up studying classical piano all the way to college, playing french horn in their high school band, while surviving closeted queerness in the bible belt in the era of the AIDS Crisis by spinning vinyl records of artists such as Queen, Pat Benatar, Eurythmics, David Bowie, and Prince.

Happily labeled a tomboy in the 1970s, Cassity ran around barefoot in the dirt, recording the sounds of thunder on a cassette tape recorder.  However, coming out as queer in the late 1980s didn’t go as well, leading them to drop out of music school to become a nurse in the AIDS crisis, and ultimately a trauma therapist specializing in Native and 2SLGBTQ+ resilience. 

During the pandemic lockdown, Cassity was working as a trauma therapist for Native American and LGBTQ+ clients when they read that 33% of Native American LGBTQ+ youth attempted suicide in 2020. While initially stunned by that number, it ended up serving as inspiration for their forthcoming album 2Sacred. Having been one of those youth, Marx wanted to share their story to help people feel less alone and more confident in authentically expressing who they are. “After hearing that disturbing statistic, my mission for creating this project was born: If I can make art that even one queer or trans person hears, or sees, and they stay alive and love themselves and their identity more because of it, mission accomplished.”

 

The result is Cassity’s fourth studio album, 2Sacred a collection of 10 songs. The album was funded by two Native American non-profits , the NDN Collective Radical Imagination grant, as well as the Osage Nation Foundation artist grant. The album explores themes of what it means to be Two-Spirit – a LGBTQ+ person with Native American heritage – and one who has learned to love and accept themselves and pursue art as an act of devotion and decolonization. For this highly vulnerable material Marx Cassity was grateful and proud to work with Wolf Carr for vocal production at The Hallowed Halls Studio alongside engineer Justin Phelps who created an environment of safety and groundedness, both as solid allies to a Native American/ Indigiqueer artist.

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Soleil Launiere in our Spotlight Interview (Fusion Pop)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K.  On this show we welcome Montreal, Canada we welcome Soleil Launiere into our spotlight, singer, songwriter, and performer.  Her new album is out, fresh of the press, entitled “Taueu.” A nice soothing mix of Indigenous fusion pop tunes. 

Enjoy Music from Soleil Launiere, Robbie Robertson, Red Road Ensemble, Angel Baribeau, Rose Moore, Dustin Harder, Prarie Soul, Mitchell Makoons Sarazino, Novalima Santana Latin Vibe Indigenous in Music Interview Soleil Launiere Kelly Frasier Captain Planet Leanne Goose Laura Niquay Indigenous in Music Nancy Sanchez, Olmeca Jasmine Netsena Shawn Michael Perry Corey Medina Garret T. Willie Qacung, Airjazz MIOS Latin Vibe Concorde a Orange ABZ Motivation, Shantel Norman Stolen Identity Shylay Ray Sunshine and much much more.

Look around our site to find out all about us and our programs and visit our SAY Magazine Library with all our featured guests.

OUR INTERVIEW IS 30 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM

SOLEIL LAUNIERE IN OUR SAY MAGAZINE FEATURE

SOLEIL LAUNIERE SAY MAGAZINE MUSIC FEATURE
SOLEIL LAUNIERE SAY MAGAZINE MUSIC FEATURE

NEW ALBUM – TAUEU

MUN D-LGUIDER, TARWA N-TINIRI & NUKAD

CONTACT INFORMATION

EMAIL: [email protected]m
WEBSITE: www.soleil-launiere.com
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/soleillaunieremusic

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/soleil_launiere/?hl=fr-ca
BANDCAMP: https://soleil-launiere.bandcamp.com/album/taueu
YOUTUBE:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdblfnsWcpD9AGK92f9zGg
TICTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@soleil.lunaire
BOOKING:
[email protected]

BIOGRAPHY

Originally from Mashteuiatsh on the shores of Lake Pekuakami, Soleil Launière lives and
works in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). A multi-disciplinary artist combining song, movement and
theater with performance art, she interweaves the presence of the two-spirited body with
experimental audiovisuals, drawing inspiration from the cosmogony and sacred spirit of
the animals of the Innu world. Last June, she unveiled her first single Au bout, an
intimate contemporary indie work in which she and the group CHANCES (Geneviève

Toupin (Willows), Chloé Lacasse and Vincent Carré) explore a universe of rhythms and
vocal harmonies with a gentle poetry that speaks of the passage of time, identity and the
spirit of nature. In August, she unveiled Mun d-Iguider, which means “follow the eagle” in
amazigh, a worldbeat work composed in Morocco’s Merzouga desert, with the
magnificent desert blues of Amazigh band Tarwa N-Tiniri and the magical voice of
Moroccan-Amazigh singer Nukad. Then in September, she unveils Piekuakami, the third
and final single before the release of her album. Piekuakami is a soul-roots song in
which Soleil expresses her love for the land where she grew up, with an enveloping and
touching gentleness. On October 13, the multidisciplinary artist unveils Taueu, her long-
awaited debut album. Exploring themes of territory, femininity, gender identity and
matriarchy, Taueu is a soul-roots album imbued with pop tones and magnetic
arrangements that draw us into a mysterious universe and a soothing space.
Accompanied by Joséphine Bacon, who taught her Innu-aimun, her songs blend French,
English, Innu-aimun and a language invented by Soleil in a process of reappropriating
cultural identity and language.

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Garret T. Willie in our Spotlight Interview (Rock)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K. On This show we welcome from Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Garret T. Willie. Singer, Songwriter, he has just released his debut album entitled “Same Pain,” new Indigenous rock, from north of the border.

Music from Garret T. Willie, Technicolor Fabrics, Murray Porter, Tito & Tarantula, Crystal Shawanda, Soda Stereo, Hataalii, QVLN, Adrian Sutherland, One Way Sky, Jota Quest, Morgen Toney, Arvel Bird, Annie Humphrey, Rhonda Head, Carsen Gray, Marx Cassity, Burnstick, B Side Players, Los Moonlights, Link Wray, The Deeds, Graeme Jonez, Romeo Void and much much more.

Look around our site to find out all about us and our programs and visit our SAY Magazine Library with all our featured guests.

OUR INTERVIEW IS 30 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM

GARRETT T. WILLIE IN OUR SAY MAGAZINE FEATURE

GARRET T. WILLIE SAY MAGAZINE MUSIC FEATURE
GARRET T. WILLIE SAY MAGAZINE MUSIC FEATURE

GARRET T. WILLIE LIVE AT NANAIMO BLUES FESTIVAL

CONTACT INFORMATION

EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: https://garrettwillie.com/
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100039731750668
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/garrettwilliemusic
BANDCAMP: https://garrettwillie.bandcamp.com/album/same-pain
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@garrettwillie

TICTOK: tiktok.com/@garrettwilliemusic
BOOKING:
Jose Marianne Proulxj[email protected]
MERCHANDISE: https://cutloosemerch.ca/collections/garret-t-willie

MERCHANDISE

BIOGRAPHY

Garret T. Willie is an old soul masquerading as an uncommonly wise, weathered, witty and world-weary 23-year-old. He’s about to give rock ‘n’ roll a formidable 21st -century kick in the ass with plenty of wild, heartbreaking, and hilarious stories to share in true rock ‘n’ roll form.

Garret T. Willie hails from Kingcome Inlet, off the coast of British Columbia. He’s been through some serious shit and lived through a lot more than most of us have at his age. But while Willie’s back story also gives him more right than most to sing the blues – and at heart, Garret T. Willie is a rock ‘n’ roller – he’d rather that not be the whole story.

Willie is the personification of an open book in the lyric sheet to his upcoming debut record Same Pain. Through his songs, there’s a helluva lot of raunchy fun going on above and beyond the occasional exorcism of tragedy and trauma. To listen to Same Pain is to get to know him more than you might be aware, but also to find a friendly, sensitive voice with a gift for transmitting universal emotions. Willie gets himself, and in doing so kinda gets all of us. He also knows what makes the blues tick. And, man, can he rip it up on the guitar.

He’s studiously schooled in all the right source material, from Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King and Muddy Waters to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to The Rolling Stones, Ten Years After, AC/DC, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Thorogood and everyone else who’s carried the torch into the present, with a little Johnny Cash and Hank Williams thrown in for some outlaw-country flavour on the side. He knows the music – all of it, top to bottom – knows its history, knows its lineage, knows its hottest licks. He’s been studying every inch of that history and that lineage ever since he started teaching himself Angus Young solos as a 7-year-old from the sticks looking to escape, picking up on the common, primal essence behind all the music he loves and channels today. And that’s why, on Same Pain, Garret T. Willie can not only really rip it up on the guitar, but also with the gut-busting honesty of someone who understands that if you ain’t lived it, you shouldn’t sing it. At least that’s the way it is for him.

Garret T. Willie is not interested in replicating anyone else’s music. He’s interested in making music that’s entirely his own. And with the aid of producer/co-writer/right-hand man Parker Bossley (formerly of Gay Nineties and the late, great Hot Hot Heat) he’s taken steps to doing just that on Same Pain, an impressively three-dimensional first foot forward that proves Willie as confident and comfortable doing a kickass bar-room blaster like opener “Make You Mine Tonight” as he is doing a wistful, slide-streaked ballad like “What It Means To Me.” He makes you chuckle on the goofy morning-after lark “Rolled” or while singing an ode to his favourite footwear on “Black Shiny Shoes,” then proceeds to rip your heart right out on the emotionally shambled, Sticky Fingers-esque album teardown before opening the tune up into an almost exultantly cathartic coda. Dude’s the real deal.

Garret T. Willie has absolutely no interest in emulating the musical past, emulating his heroes. His interest is only in channeling every ounce of the classic blues and rock ‘n’ roll he venerates so deeply into something new. Bringing it into the now, hustling it towards the future and maybe leaving his signature on the wall for a few of the bored kids to follow in his footsteps.

“I will bring my culture in once as an example,” says Willie. “I used to carve when I was younger. I’m from Alert Bay, which is ’Namgis First Nation and I’m also from Kingcome Inlet and I’m also a little bit Tlingit, from up in Alaska. So I have the rights to carve those styles because I’m from there. But what I don’t have the rights to do is carve West Coast style – Nuu-cha-nuulth – because I’m not from there. I don’t have the rights to do that. And that’s how I look at music. I really admire Muddy Waters’s ‘Got My Mojo Working’ but I don’t have the rights to do that shit. I wasn’t brought up in Chicago and I’m not from there, y’know? If I was to do it, it would be in clichéd form and it would be disrespectful

GARRET T. WILLIE ON INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC WITH LARRY K

Indigenous Screen Summit 2024 call for submissions

For immediate release:
THE BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE 3RD EDITION OF THE
INDIGENOUS SCREEN SUMMIT PITCH FORUM
ROGERS JOINS AS PRESENTING PARTNER WITH FOUNDING PARTNERS
INDIGENOUS SCREEN OFFICE AND CANADA MEDIA FUND
Applications open today! ISS.banffmediafestival.com

TORONTO February 26, 2024 – The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) announces the return of the Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum (ISS), and welcomes Rogers Communications as a new multi-year presenting partner. The company joins founding partners, the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) and the Canada Media Fund (CMF). Applications open today for the third edition of the ISS Pitch Forum which will take place on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta kicking off the 45th edition of the Banff World Media Festival.
“ISO is delighted to announce its ongoing support to the ISS Pitch Forum. Our commitment is dedicated to providing valuable business opportunities for Indigenous storytellers. We strive to empower them in showcasing their stories on the global stage and develop meaningful connections within the industry.

We are thrilled to welcome Rogers Communications as the presentation partner of the ISS Pitch Forum.” Kerry Swanson, CEO of ISO. “The ISS Pitch Forum is an essential platform for showcasing Indigenous storytellers, ensuring they get the recognition that is long overdue and that their stories stand out within the broader Canadian media landscape. The Pitch Forum has flourished over the last two years thanks to our partnership with the ISO, and we are pleased to welcome Rogers as a presenting partner this year. Their involvement highlights the necessary and growing support for Indigenous projects at home and globally,” said Valerie Creighton, President & CEO of the Canada Media Fund.


“We are really excited to expand our partnership with the Banff World Media Festival by supporting the
Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum,” said Robin Mirsky, Director, Rogers Group of Funds. “We are
committed to providing opportunities for Indigenous creators to bring their ideas to the national stage
by supporting the ISS in their mission to increase access to the industry and remove barriers to funding.”

“We are delighted to welcome Rogers as a new partner alongside our founding partners, the ISO and the CMF in providing a platform to support Indigenous storytellers. The ISS has already contributed to the development and distribution of Indigenous projects presented during the Pitch Forum.

We are delighted that with the help of our partners, we can continue to grow the ISS to offer Indigenous creators access to top industry professionals, the ability to forge industry partnerships, and to develop and garner strategic partnerships to further their projects. We also welcome back our ISS Advisory Board and ISS Producer Rachel CrowSpreadingWings to our event production team,” said Jenn Kuzmyk, Executive Director of the Banff World Media Festival.


About the ISS Pitch Forum Fifteen (15), Indigenous producers/creators present their projects in a series of mainstage pitch sessions, to a panel of leading industry buyers, and to an audience of industry delegates. Running adjunct to the renowned Banff World Media Festival (BANFF), one of the world’s most important gatherings of entertainment industry executives, the ISS seeks to amplify the work of Indigenous creators and producers and their film/TV/web series projects across the Canadian global marketplace.

The half-day event includes pitches in the genres of Documentary/Unscripted, Scripted Drama, and
Scripted Comedy. Pitch applicants are adjudicated by an expert jury and drawn from the ‘Netflix-BANFF
Diversity of Voices Initiative’ (a program that brings up to 100 racialized producers to the festival each
year), and the ‘CBC-APTN Early Stage Scripted Development Program for Indigenous Creators in
association with the ISO’, as well as an open call for applications.

Interested candidates are invited to apply by March 7, 2024 at 3 PM. Please visit the ISS website for
eligibility and submission guidelines. The ISS Pitch Forum participants will receive a full pass to the Banff World Media Festival, a travel stipend, industry mentorships, and customized networking opportunities with top industry professionals.

ISS participants will have access to the full complement of structured and unstructured networking,
receptions, and curated sessions at the festival. All delegates of BANFF 2024 will have access to the
Indigenous Screen Summit and Pitch Forum. There will be no additional cost to attend.
About Rachel CrowSpreadingWings Rachel CrowSpreadingWings is part of the Blackfoot Confederacy and a member of Kainai First Nations.

She has been part of the BANFF experience since 2015 & 2016, as an intern. In 2023, she joined the
team as the Producer of the Indigenous Screen Summit. Most recently, she brought her acting skills to
the main stage as “Tammy” in a groundbreaking play called“Yisstsiiyi,” at the University of Lethbridge,
which was produced in partnership with Making Treaty 7. Her career in film and television spans 16
years. Her experience includes; reporting, producing and hosting the evening news for networks like CTV, CityNews, and ABC/Fox. Before hitting the mainstream networks, for nearly two years, Rachel produced “Prairie Phyre: First Nations News in Southern Alberta” for Shaw. Rachel also produced a radio program for “Thin Air Radio” in Spokane, Washington. Helping others reach for their dreams is her lifelong commitment.

About the Banff World Media Festival
Celebrating its 45th year, the Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) and the Rockie Awards comprise a key global conference and content marketplace, bringing together top creators, producers, talent, networks, studios, and media companies. It serves as a leading destination for co-production and co-venture partnerships, offering international media stakeholders a unique opportunity to connect, shape the industry’s future, and forge new business deals. The event features Summit Series keynotes,…3/
Master Classes, and Showrunner Superpanels showcasing creative and business leaders. The Rockie
Awards recognize outstanding content and industry figures worldwide. BANFF also spearheads initiatives
like Banff Spark Accelerator For Women in the Business of Media, and the Indigenous Screen Summit
and Pitch Forum, providing professional development and industry access opportunities for
under-represented professionals in the Canadian media industry.
BANFF respectfully acknowledges that the territory in which the festival takes place is located on the
traditional lands of the Treaty No. 7 Territory, comprised of the Stoney Nakoda Nations of Wesley,
Chiniki, and Bearspaw; three of the four Nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy: the Piikani, Kainai, and
Siksika; and the Tsuu T’ina of the Dene people. Treaty No. 7 is also shared with the Métis Nation of
Alberta, Region III. BANFF’s office is on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit
and the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, the Wendat and the Haudenosaunee. Toronto (also
known as Tkaronto) is home to First Nations, Métis and the Inuit peoples from across Turtle Island.
About the Indigenous Screen Office The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) is an independent national advocacy and funding organization serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis creators of screen content in Canada. The ISO’s mandate is to foster and support narrative sovereignty and cultural revitalization by increasing Indigenous storytelling on screens and promoting Indigenous values and participation across the sector.

About the Canada Media Fund
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances, and promotes the production of Canadian
content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms. The CMF guides Canadian content towards a competitive global environment by fostering industry innovation, rewarding success, enabling a diversity of voices, and promoting access to content through public and private sector partnerships. The CMF receives financial contributions from the Government of Canada and Canada’s cable, satellite, and IPTV distributors.
For media inquiries contact: Micol Marotti | Manager of Special Programs |Banff World Media Festival,
[email protected] |416.567.1698
Program inquiries: Rachel CrowSpreadingWings | Indigenous Screen Summit Producer |Banff World
Media Festival, [email protected] |204.792.1014

Q052 in our Spotlight Interview (Rock Hip Hip)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, this week we welcome back from Mig’ma Nation, Quebec. Q052 is in the house. He’s been staying busy, he has 3 albums out, “ImagiNation,” the “Calm” and “The Storm.” Indigenous Rock Hip Hop at it’s best.

Enjoy music from Q052, David Strickland, JB the First Lady, Ana Tijoux, Carsen Gray, Samantha Crain, Rhonda Head, Aysanabee, Ray Zaragoza, Garret T. Willie, Indian City, Gina Loring, Beny Esguerra, VILDA, Soleil Launiere, Graeme Jonez, The Johnnys, Stevie Salas, Kevin Gutierrez, Melody McArthur, Marx Cassity, Tracy Bone, Mitchell Mikoons, Trent Agecoutay, Twin Flames, Centavrvs, Nancy Sanchez, Locos Por Juana, XAXO, B-Side Players, Dan L’initie, Def-i, Marie Font, Artson, Quese IMC, Supaman,Prolific The Rapper and much much more.

Visit our website and find out all about us and our programs and visit our SAY Magazine Library with all our featured guests.

OUR INTERVIEW IS 30 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM

Q052 IN OUR SAY MAGAZINE FEATURE (2020)

Q052 SAY MAGAZINE FEATURE

Q052

INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC FEATURED GUEST Q052

Q052 – SON OF A GUN

CONTACT INFORMATION

EMAIL: [email protected]
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@q-0522
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Q.052.REZ/
INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/quentincondo052/
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/q052
BANDCAMP: https://q052.bandcamp.com/album/the-storm
BOOKING:
[email protected]

Q052

INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC FEATURED GUEST Q052

ABOUT Q052

Quentin Condo aka Q052, is a Mi’kmaq Hip Hop Artist from the Community of Gesgapegiag, in the Gaspésie. His lyrics constantly challenge the Canadian Government about the Indian Act, territorial destruction from resource exploitation, the hidden agenda surrounding the Truth & Reconciliation process and the many levels of the Canadian Genocide. A strong advocate for Indigenous youth and women fighting alongside his brothers and sisters, he hopes that his truthful music will inspire systemic change.

INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC FEATURED GUEST Q052

Adrian Thomas of One Way Sky in our Spotlight Interview (Rock)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, on the show we welcome Adrian Thomas and his band One Way Sky. Together they form a 4 piece band, bringing us new and original rock and rock roll from the Tohono Nation in Arizona. They’ll will be performing live at our “Indigenous Music Industry Night” Thursday, January 25th at the Whiskey Go Go.

Enjoy music from One Way Sky, Logan Staats, Mike Bern, Nadjiwan, Shawn Michael Perry, Stevie Salas, La Ley, Midnight Shine, Pura Fe, Shylah Ray Sunshine, Graeme Jonez, Soleil Launiere, Ana Tijoux, Chantil Dukart, Stolen Identity, Giovanny Laguado, Chris Ferree, Qacung, Indian City, Irv Lyons Jr, Janel Munoa, Garret T. Willie, The Bloodshots, Tito & Tarantula and much more.

Look around our site to find out all about us and our programs and visit our SAY Magazine Library with all our featured guests.

OUR INTERVIEW IS 30 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM

INDIGENOUS MUSIC INDUSTRY NIGHT

ONE WAY SKY ON INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC

ONE WAY SKY ON INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC WITH LARRY K
ONE WAY SKY ON INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC WITH LARRY K

“ONE WAY SKY LIVE (ALICE COOPER’S PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING BAND COMPETITION FINALS)”

CONTACT INFORMATION

EMAIL: [email protected]
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/onewayskyofficial
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/onewayskyofficial/

YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@onewayskyofficial
BOOKING: [email protected]

ONE WAY SKY BIOGRAPHY

is a budding indigenous indie rock band from the Gila River Indian Community and the Tohono Nation in Arizona. The passionate four-piece was formed in 2019 and consists of Adrian D Thomas (vocals, rhythm guitar), Cody Bruguier (drums), Loma Manuel (lead guitar), and Damien Carlos (bass). One Way Sky’s sound is a unique blend of hard-hitting riffs and soaring vocal melodies. Their lyrics are both empowering and poetic, touching on themes of identity and resilience in the face of adversity.

ONE WAY SKY ON INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC WITH LARRY K

Native Earth Performing Arts Announces All-Indigenous Cast forWomen of the Fur Trade

In Association with 
National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre
& Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa

After a sold out premiere in January 2024 at the National Arts Centre’s Azrieli Studio in Ottawa, Native Earth Performing Arts is proud to present Women of the Fur Trade at Aki Studio in Toronto from April 9-21, 2024. Written by Frances Končan and directed by Renae Morriseau, this timely revival of Women of the Fur Trade,a co-production with National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre and Great Canadian Theatre Company, will feature an all-Indigenous cast including Kelsey Wavey, Cheri Maracle, Lisa Nasson, Jesse Gervais, and Jonathan Fisher as Louis Riel.In eighteen hundred and something something, somewhere upon the banks of a Reddish River in Treaty One Territory, three very different women with a preference for twenty-first century slang sit in a fort sharing their views on life, love, and the hot nerd Louis Riel.

This lively historical satire of survival and cultural inheritance shifts perspectives from the male gaze onto women’s power in the past and present through the lens of the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade.The play has been made possible through the generous support of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts and the prestigious Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant. This grant not only acknowledges strides in theatrical design but also champions the promotion of sustainability in live theatre.Native Earth Performing Arts is Canada’s oldest professional Indigenous theatre company. Currently in its 41st season, Native Earth is dedicated to creating, developing and producing professional artistic expressions of the Indigenous experience in Canada. Through stage productions (theatre, dance and multi-disciplinary art), script development, apprenticeships and internships, Native Earth seeks to fulfill a community of artistic visions. www.nativeearth.ca

Women of the Fur Trade
April 9-21, 2024
Opening Night: Thursday April 11 at 7:30pm
April 17 at 12pm – LIMITED AVAILABILITY
April 18 – SOLD OUT
Aki Studio, 585 Dundas Street East, #120
Tickets: Sliding Scale $30, $20, $10
Box Office: https://www.nativeearth.ca/shows/women-of-the-fur-trade/
Phone: (416) 531-1402

For Indigenous Group rates, email [email protected]

Media Contact: Damien Nelson, [email protected]

ROBBIE ROBERTSON (MOHAWK) AND SCOTT GEORGE (OSAGE) NOMINATED FOR THEIR ORIGINAL SCORES AND SONGS BY THE ACADEMY AWARDS

Indigenous Music Composers Robbie Robertson and Scott George Nominated for their work in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon 

(Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) 

Indigenous Music Composers Robbie Robertson and Scott George Nominated for their work in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) Robbie Robertson (Mohawk), the late singer-songwriter best known for his work with the Band and Bob Dylan, was posthumously nominated for an Oscar in the Original Score category for his contributions to Martin Scorsese’s “Killer of the Flower Moon”. The posthumous honor was Robertson’s first after decades of composing music for film and this was his last work before his passing. Scott George (Osage) has a made history becoming the first Native American to land an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song with the Osage Tribal Singers for “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People),” a celebratory song that soundtracks the film’s final scene. Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet/Nimiipuu) who plays Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman married to a key accomplice in the systematic assassination of the Osage people in the 1920s, is also the first Native American nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. The 2024 Academy Awards will be presented on March 10th.   RICKEY MEDLOCKE RELEASES SONG DEDICATED TO MMIWRickey Medlocke of Lynyrd Skynrd and Blackfoot, has released a powerful new single entitled,  “Never Run Out Of Road,” which is dedicated to supporting the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement. Released on Rock the Cause Records, and distributed by Sony/The Orchard, a portion of proceeds go directly to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC). Rickey and Rock the Cause aim to sustain change through music while inspiring future generations. The Rickey Medlocke Band is also set to grace the stage for two upcoming and extraordinary shows: Friday, March 1, 2024, Medina Entertainment Center Medina, MN and Saturday, March 2, 2024,  Arcada Theatre St. Charles, IL. Join Rickey and his band on an amazing journey of iconic tunes that take his illustrious career full circle and then some! Download and stream the new single, “Never Run Out of Road” now available on all music platforms. Plus, you can help make a difference by spreading awareness on #MMIW.  For more info visit https://www.rickeymedlocke.com KLEE BENALLY PASSES AT AGE 48It was with great sadness that the Native American Music Awards shared the news of the passing of Klee Jones Benally.  Klee Jones Benally was a multiple award winner and multi-talented artist. His family group, Blackfire, which was founded in 1989 in Flagstaff, Arizona along with siblings Jeneda, and Clayson Benally were mulitple award winners including wins for Best Pop Rock Album in 2002, Group of the Year in 2004, and Record of the Year in 2008.  Klee’s deep rugged voice and strong lyrics were a featured part of the group as well as on his more recent solo efforts. Blackfire began as a Native American punk rock group performing around the country including NYC’s East Village and then around the world. Joey Ramone called their music “Native American fireball punk.” The musical style of these three siblings was  influenced by traditional Navajo Diné music and alternative rock, with political messages about government oppression, sacred sites and human rights. In 2012, Jeneda and Clayson formed the award winning band Sihasin who won three awards including; Debut Group of the Year, Best Rock Recording and Best Producer with Ed Stasium (Ramones, Talking Heads, Motörhead, the Smithereens and Living Colour.) Klee Benally leaves behind a legacy and will be remembered as an award winning musician, cultural advocate, author and land defender. He passed away at the young age of 48. We extend our deepest condolences to the Benally family. JIMMY PAGE INDUCTS HIS HERO LINK WRAY INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME  One of the world’s greatest guitarists, Jimmy Page, gave a surprise presentation and tribute performance at the 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony for his “hero” the legendary guitarist Link Wray (Shawnee). Held at Barclays Center in New York Page’s onscreen prerecorded presentaton was followed by a surprise live tribute performance and rendition of Wray’s classic instrumental, “Rumble.”   This was reportedly Page’s first public performance in a decade.  The now 80 year old lead guitarist of Led Zeppelin recalled hearing Wray’s classic instrumental “Rumble” for the first time when he was 14 year’s old.  Page recalled, “The vigor in it. The strength in it. The power in it. This was something else. It was fearless. It was just phenomenal. It was the essence of cool. Its just a masterpiece that sort of melted its way into the fibers of my body and my consciousness.”www.NAMALIVE.com

Richie Ledreagle in our Spotlight Interview (Hip Hop)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, this week we welcome back from Colusa, California Mr. Richie Ledreagle. His new album “Mile in My Moccasins” is out now.  A nice mix of California Indigenous Hip Hop.  He will be in our spotlight to tell us all about it.

Enjoy music from Richie Ledreagle, G Prescious, Liber Teran, Ozomatli, Morgan Toney, QVLN, Celeigh Cardinal, Nancy Sanchez, Mike Paul, Julian Taylor, Carsen Gray, Annie Humphrey, Alexix Lynn, Melody McArthur, Eagle & Hawk, 1915, Garrett T. Willie, Jim Jacobs, Annie Humphrey, Andrew Saltz, Alexis Lynn, Chantil Dukart, Melody McArthur, Eagle & Hawk, Garrett T Willie, Jim Jacobs, Pretendians Band, Love to Bleed, Stevie Salas, XIT, STOiK, Q052 and much much more.

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OUR INTERVIEW IS 30 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM

RICHIE LEDREAGLE IN OUR SAY MAGAZINE FEATURE(2024)

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RICHIE LEDREAGLE IN OUR SAY MAGAZINE FEATURE (2016)

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RICHIE LEDREAGLE

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ABOUT RICHIE

An artist-musician-activist since the early 90’s, Richie established himself as a unique artist, being of indigenous descent and having created his own niche in the industry. Recently, Richie re-established himself in the world of indigenous Hip-Hop and in particular California Indigenous Hip Hop. With the launch of Indigenous Warrior Enterprise came the Indigenous Warrior Clothing Line, Indigenous Warrior Album, tour and Indigenous Warrior Entertainment. Performances and appearances are geared toward community and culturally related events.

INDIGENOUS IN MUSIC FEATURED GUEST RICHIE LEDREAGLE

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