Tag: native music

I’ve have been blessed to travel the world and through my travels, I have had the pleasure to meet many inspiring Indigenous people. I’ve compiled a list of 25 of the most fascinating Indigenous people or groups I have crossed paths with in my journey…and there are a lot of….

“Wokiksuye Mi Oyate/Wokiksuye Mi Tiwahe” Remembrance of my Nation/Remembrance of my of family. ~Frank Waln On October 8th 2018 artist Frank Waln released a music video for his song Wokiksuye ft. Marie Waln (his grandmother) and was filmed on Pine Ridge. Check out his video below! About Frank Waln: Frank….

NBC’s The Voice is back with a new season and loads of fresh vocal talent. The singing competition kicked off its 13th season with blind auditions being judged by Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Jennifer Hudson and Miley Cyrus. In last night’s episode, we saw all four judges battling over Brooke….

In case you weren’t aware September is National Suicide Prevention month so we’re going to take some time to talk about a very serious topic-depression. Depression is a serious illness. One that affects thousands of Native Americans every day. In the past few years, an epidemic of suicide has spread….

This past weekend Christian Parrish Take The Gun (Crow) aka Supaman performed for Native Youth groups in the Bay Area.  For those of you not familiar with Christian: Christian Parrish Takes the Gun, professionally known as Supaman, is a Apsaalooke rapper from Seattle, Washington. The child of struggling alcoholics, he spent part….

Congratulations to everyone nominated in the Best “Fight Against the System” category at the MTV Video Music Awards! Since all songs nominated were fighting for just causes, MTV decided to award all the nominees with a win. One of the winners we had our eyes on was Taboo from the….

  Listening and dancing to the music at a pow-wow is a wonderful experience. The drum brings out the spirit of the dancers, especially when the song is good. When the singers sing hard, you feel the music in your heart and soul. There were many amazing drums and singers….

Recently found this short doc featured on National Geographic’s YouTube page. I know you guys will enjoy this! From the film’s synopsis: Arizona’s Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a place where many Navajo families come to reconnect with their roots. The area was once inhabited by Ancient Puebloans and….

Congratulations to Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas! His video for his song “Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL” was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the ‘Best Fight Against The System’ video category. In case you missed it the first time around, here’s the video! You….

Nahko (Nahkohe Parayno) was born in Oregon under some difficult circumstances but fortunately adopted by a loving family while he was still a baby. He struggled early on with identity issues, being a mix of Apache, Puerto Rican and Filipino cultures, but music gave him an outlet for that pain…..