Cody Blackbird Band
September 25, 2017 Cody Blackbird is the founder, vocalist, and flutist of The Cody Blackbird Band. Eastern Band Cherokee and Dakota, Cody is the youngest ever Native American Music Awards "Flutist …
February 26, 2024 Alaska-based Indigenous songwriter Ashley Young is a hopeful romantic with unforgettable vocal warmth. Her lovesick disposition is a light-hearted lens to radical reclamation. …
February 19, 2024 This week's musical journey takes us through a diverse selection of Indigenous music, showcasing both established favorites and emerging talents. The playlist spans …
February 12, 2024 Pamyua was formed in April 1995 by brothers Phillip and Stephen Blanchett. The brothers stumbled upon a musical concept to blend Inuit drum/dance …
September 25, 2017 Cody Blackbird is the founder, vocalist, and flutist of The Cody Blackbird Band. Eastern Band Cherokee and Dakota, Cody is the youngest ever Native American Music Awards "Flutist …
September 18, 2017 John McLeod is a Métis musician of the Sapotaweyak Ojibwa tribe. John has been composing and performing music for more than 30 years. With traditional country and blues elements, he …
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 …
August 14, 2017 Thea Hopkins is a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard. She is also part Iroquois, African-American, Irish, French, and Portugese. She tours internationally with her …
August 7, 2017 Acoustic guitar player, singer, and songwriter Cary Morin is known around the world for his unique talent and Native Americana blues-style finger picking. Born in Billings, Montana, he …
July 10, 2017 Hip-hop artist Wake Self comes out of the Albuquerque, NM hip-hop scene with a strong belief in the power of music to change hearts and minds. His career …
June 26, 2017 Born into a family of musicians, Marc Brown of Marc Brown & The Blues Crew was raised in Huslia, Alaska. He learned to play the guitar starting at …
June 19, 2017 Ali Fontaine is an award-winning Sagkeeng First Nation singer-songwriter. At age 15, she entered a talent competition and won a studio session where she recorded one of her …
June 5, 2017 Tiokasin Ghosthorse is a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota. He is a master of the ancient red cedar Lakota flute, incorporating spoken word …
Ma7 15, 2017 Patrick Landeza is a Hawaiian slack key guitarist from Berkley, California. Growing up listening to his mother's Hawaiian records and his uncles' slack key playing, Patrick developed a …
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Alexis Sallee is Iñupiaq and Mexican and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. Her love of filmmaking and sound found its start in radio. After attending Full Sail University where she earned a Bachelors of Science in Recording Arts, she took her skills to L.A. There she worked in audio post-production on various film and television projects including Oculus, Poltergeist, Birth of the Dragon, NBC’s Allegiance, and Showtime documentary Play It Forward. She served as Co-Director and Producer of the 2018 documentary “Definition of Resilience”, which highlights the dynamic stories of Indigenous hip-hop MCs. In 2019, she wrote and directed her debut short film "Who We Are" a personal project dedicated to her Iñupiaq ancestors. Alexis continues to work on cultural visual projects that honors Indigenous stories and people. She has been host and producer of INDIGEFI, formerly Earthsongs, since 2013.