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sākihiwē music Thursdays with Billy Joe Green
Billy Joe Green on sākihiwē music Thursdays
Blues legend Billy Joe Green joins sākihiwē music Thursdays with a four‐song video performance for audiences online and an hour‐long concert for radio listeners on NCI FM country on March 17.
His video will premiere for free on the indigenous-cloud.com (opens in new tab) website at 12:00 pm CST ( register for free (opens in new tab) ).
Radio lovers can tune in at 7:00 pm CST on the FM dial in Manitoba or online at ncifm.com (opens in new tab) for a full hour of original songs.
Billy's video will also be available on the sākihiwē festival's YouTube channel and Facebook page on March 24.
- March 17: Billy Joe Green ( register for free (opens in new tab) )
- March 24: Billy Joe Green ( YouTube (opens in new tab) / Facebook (opens in new tab) )
About Billy Joe Green
Billy Joe Green is a premier blues guitar slinger and frontman who earned his rambunctious, no‐frills approach to the guitar as a teenaged side player for Martin Tuesday and the legendary Feathermen band.
Over his 50+ year career, Green has earned three JUNO Award nominations and two trophies from the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards for his solo work.
About sākihiwē music Thursdays
sākihiwē music Thursdays was launched on February 2, 2021, with the financial help of the Safe at Home Manitoba program. The project takes recorded performances by Indigenous artists to Indigenous families both online and offline.
In the inaugural round, Inuit throat singer Nikki Komaksiutiksak, country singer Desiree Dorion, the legendary C‐Weed Band, mezzo‐soprano opera singer Rhonda Head, singer/songwriter Billy Simard, fiddle master Patti Kusturok, and hip hop artist Mattmac entertained audiences.
About Indigenous Cloud
Indigenous Cloud is a music and arts hosting platform designed to help preserve and celebrate Indigenous‐created visual and audio art. It is crucial for both independent and signed recording artists. In addition to its streaming services, Indigenous Cloud offers a state‐of‐the‐art recording studio awaiting your next masterpiece and provides distribution services, hosting the largest collection of Indigenous‐made recordings.
About NCI FM
NCI FM reaches more than 80% of Manitoba, including 75 communities outside of Winnipeg, with close to 140,000 listeners daily. Please visit ncifm.com (opens in new tab) for more information.
Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM) acknowledges the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council for their financial support of the sākihiwē festival’s outreach programming.
