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 ...

Elisabeth Waldo, 107, Who Fused Indigenous and Western Music, Dies

A classically-trained violinist, she incorporated traditional instruments native to Latin America in Western-style scores to ...
Complex

Inside the First-Ever International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards

International recognition seemed far-fetched, to say the least, for rap duo Violent Ground when they first formed in the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach in the northern borderlands of Quebec and ...
Yahoo

Here Are All the Winners from the 2023 National Indigenous Music Awards

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plum and Budjerah won Album of the Year and Artist of the Year, respectively. Yothu Yindi were inducted into to NIMA Hall of Fame ...
Times Union

Music Matters: Blackbraid leads Indigenous surge in black metal

Blackbraid is a solo project for black metal musician Sgah’gahsowáh and draws inspiration from Indigenous peoples' culture and lore. This weekend is significant. It’s a celebration and acknowledgement ...
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 ...
The Conversation

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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. Following on from the failed referendum, this year’s NAIDOC theme, “Keep the fire ...
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 ...
Refinery29

The Musicians Bringing Indigenous Languages To The Mainstream

Australia’s historical and ongoing treatment of First Nations people is embarrassing, disturbing, and downright shameful. Our understanding of First Australians’ communities, culture and language is ...
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 ...