September 24, 2018 Toronto-based Cree indie-folk artist Christa Couture grew up in Edmonton, Canada. Her mother was a singer in a folk trio, her father a singer of traditional Aboriginal music. …
September 3, 2018 Twin Flames returns to Indigefi with their new album Signal Fire. Husband and wife Chelsey June (Métis from Ottawa) and Jaaji (Inuk/Mohawk from Nunavik) pay tribute to each …
Ojibwe artist Annie Humphrey, daughter of author Anne Dunn, grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation in Northern Minnesota. Learning guitar from her father at a young age, Annie taught …
July 16, 2018 Of Choctaw heritage from Shawnee, Oklahoma, singer-songwriter Samantha Crain started touring when she was 19 years old. Starting out with an interest in creative writing, she ended up …
May 7, 2018 Based in Unalakleet, AK, Iñupiaq singer-songwriter Ryder Erickson writes, records, and produces his own music. His guitar and vocals carry an emotional honesty and grit reminiscent of folk/rock …
April 30, 2018 Samantha Hill, known as Good Morning Hellen, is Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from the Six Nations of the Grand River. A singer-songwriter with an authentic voice, Samantha has been writing …
April 16, 2018 Andrew Morrison and Nancy Mike of The Jerry Cans represent Nunavut culture with their album Inuusiq/Life. Nancy is Inuk from Pangnirtung in Nunavut. Andrew learned to speak Inuktitut …
February 28, 2018 The 2017 album Letting Go is Ojibwe singer/songwriter Paco Fralick's musical debut. Paco grew up near the reservation in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, taking piano and violin lessons, absorbing the …
October 16, 2017 The Native American Music Awards were formed in 1998 to promote appreciation and awareness of Indigenous musicians and create new music initiatives for the Native community. Two decades …
August 28, 2017 Peguis First Nation singer/songwriter William Prince just released his solo debut album Earthly Days. A member of the supergroup Indian City, he grew up singing in church and …