Oglala Lakota hip-hop artist Stella Standingbear brought Indigenous music and representation to the national sports stage on November 4, performing during halftime of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Native American Heritage Night at Paycom Center. Standingbear performed before thousands of basketball fans during the Thunder’s matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, marking another milestone in her growing […]
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CD Review: The Essential Redbone is very essentialIn The News, Indigenous In Music CD Reviewjamison@iicoc.com • www.iicoc.com Formed in 1968 in Los Angeles, California, by the brothers Patrick Vasquez (bass and vocals) and Lolly Vasquez (guitar and vocals), the name Redbone itself is a joking reference to a Cajun term for a mixed-race person, the […]
Arvel Bird – The Tribal Music Suite Journey of a Paiute There are several notable precedents in the field of classical composition. Hietor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Carlos Chavez (b. 1899), George F. Bristow (1825-1895), John Knowles Paine (1839-1906), George W. Chadwick (1854-1931) and Arthur Farwell (1872-1952) who wrote many pieces based on Native American material.
Jana MashoneeNew Moon Born Rain suits my current sedentary life style and although I enjoy having my reviews be authentic as I generally listen to the work while riding my bike down the paths of righteous profanity that meet at the intersection of Chicago and Franklin, Jana Mashonee will have to enjoy the ride that […]
Is knowing you’re an egotistical, arrogant, self-centered, bike ridin’, blues lovin, obsessive compulsive mad man self-deprecation or self-awareness? I am condemned to a sun lit search for legendary, stopping off at the Spyhouse for a cup of dark roast, the latest Indigenous CD Broken Lands loaded, the bike tuned-up, my heart aching for the freedom […]
Jamison Mahto Indigenous In Music CD Review jamison@iicoc.com, www.iicoc.com Northern Cree and Friends Vol. 5/Long Winter Nights Round Dance Live CD Review The Cree Nations occupy lands and territories in Canada and the mere diversity of languages and cultures means this Tribe is a real gold mine full of color and creativity. The title “Long […]
Today there’s been a reprieve in the weather so I prep for a ride down to the e-bloc Cineplex to see Notorious because my life has gone in the gutter so naturally I look for escape. The snow is melting a little and the dirt and grime of a world gone mad gives it the […]
Alex E. Smith, Cheevers Toppah and Nitanis “Kit” Landry. Harmony Nights: Native American Vocal Harmony | BUY IT! Call me rezz dogg. Thanks to the i-pod technology, I write this stuff while I ride. Not the physical act of writing but the spiritual act involved in a piece. Living in the moment is probably as […]
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