sakihiwe news
- Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards deadline The submission deadline for the 2013 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards is May 17, 2013 at 6pm (CST). The entry form and the rules and regulations are available for download.
- The Red Man Laughing Podcast hits the road Leonard Sumner, Nick Sherman, and Conway Kootenay are hitting the road with comedian Ryan McMahon for the The Red Man Laughing Podcast Tour this month. The group has plans to visit Ontario in April, but the first leg of the tour starts March 21 and includes five dates in Winnipeg, Brandon, La Ronge, Saskatoon, and Regina.
- All-star concert in support of Mother Earth Shy-Anne Hovorka, Indian City, Heidi Little, Jory Zechner, and drums from the four directions will be performing in support of Mother Earth at a community celebration in Winnipeg on March 20. The event, entitled "Spirit of the Drum: A Unity Fest Event," is set for the Skyview Ballroom in the Marlborough Hotel. Tickets are $5 and the show starts at 7pm.
- Native artists heading to SXSW Angel Haze, A Tribe Called Red, Samantha Crain, Yelawolf, LightningCloud, and Aboriginal Music Week alumni World Hood and Zuzuka Poderosa have showcases set for SXSW in Austin, Texas next week. The festival is dubbed the biggest and most anticipated convergence of all things music and each year hundreds of bands fill the city's venues in hopes of landing more gigs, signing record deals, and garnering media attention.
- The Top 30 North American Indigenous Artists on Facebook Yelawolf (Cherokee), Taboo (Shoshone), Terri Clark (Métis), Angel Haze (Cherokee), and Winnipeg's Most (Ojibway & Métis), are the five most popular North American Indigenous artists on Facebook today. We went through the social network to find out who else has racked up a tone of "Likes" for their work.
- The Beyond Buckskin Lookbook Launch Aboriginal Music Week is partnering with Beyond Buckskin on the launch of their Lookbook during the Reservation Economic Summit (RES) in Las Vegas on March 12, 2013. Music and fashion often go hand-in-hand and we hope that this collaboration will lead to even more innovative and exciting Indigenous fashion events at the festival in the future.
- Six Aboriginal artists earn noms for the 2013 JUNO Awards Six Aboriginal artists have earned nominations for the 2013 JUNO Awards, which are set for Regina, Saskatchewan this April. The announcement was made at a press conference in Toronto, streamed on the CTV.ca website, on February 19. Elisapie, an Inuit songstress from Quebec, is in the running for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year. The Weeknd, Grimes, Kira Isabella, and Cold Specks round out the category.
- "The Best of Aboriginal Music Week" free mixtape now available "The Best of Aboriginal Music Week" mixtape features free music by eight of the amazing artists who have performed at our festival in the last four years. Murray Porter (blues), A Tribe Called Red (pow wow step), Derek Miller (rock), Samian (Francophone hip hop), Cris Derksen (cello), Digging Roots (blues/rock), Don Amero (folk/rock), and Silver Jackson (folk/rock) have provided the songs, which will be available on our website until April 10, 2013. Simply login with your Facebook account at aboriginalmusicweek.ca/downloads to access the files.
- Aboriginal Music Week presenting Melissa St. Goddard at Manitoba Music on Ice Aboriginal Music Week will be one of five festivals and presenters hosting free mini-concerts on Winnipeg's Assiniboine River during the Louis Riel Day weekend this month. The performances are set for Sunday, February 17 from 1 - 4 p.m. and will take place in warming huts along the ice trail. Aboriginal Music Week will be presenting Metis fiddler Melissa St. Goddard, while the West End Cultural Centre has Red Moon Road, the Winnipeg Folk Festival has JD Edwards, the TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival has The Lucas Sader Project, and Festival du Voyageur is presenting Haley Carr.
- DGTL/NVJO joins the Aboriginal Music Week team We're happy to announce that DGTL/NVJO has joined the Aboriginal Music Week team and will be handling the graphic design of our marketing campaign this year. Victor Pascual, an art director, illustrator, graphic designer and overall creative, founded DGTL/NVJO, an Indigenous-owned full service design studio. His work experience includes work for University of Washington, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, The National Indian Gaming Association, Social Justice Fund Northwest, University of Arizona, Seminole Indian Tribe, Longhouse Media, Native American Rights Fund, National Indian Child Welfare Association and much more.