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2013 NAMMY winners announced
Jana Mashonee, Fawn Wood, Ali Fontaine, and Francois Couture (Yahndawa’) took home trophies from the 14th Annual Native American Music Awards on Friday, May 10, 2013. The ceremony was held at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in New York and Edmund Bull, Big River Cree, and hoop dancer/flutist Tony Duncan were among the performers.
Comedian Don Kelly hosted the night and pop singer Nelly Furtado, who was being honoured with a "Living Legend" award, was in attendance.
The winners:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Tony Duncan
Earth Warrior
BEST BLUES RECORDING
Up From The Ashes
Mitch Walking Elk
BEST COMPILATION RECORDING
The Longest Walk
Lorena Windfeather Navarez
BEST COUNTRY RECORDING
Ali Fontaine
Ali Fontaine
DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ryan Little Eagle Molina
Straight From The Heart
DEBUT GROUP OF YEAR
Big River Cree
The Old Way
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Fawn Wood
Iskewewak: Songs of Indigenous Womanhood
BEST FOLK/AMERICANA RECORDING
Spirit of a Woman
Kelly Jackson
BEST FLUTE RECORDING
Joseph FireCrow
Night Walk
BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING
The Desire of Nations
Honey Dawn Karima and Cloudwalker
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Big City Indians
Tuwa
BEST HISTORICAL /LINGUISTIC RECORDING
Celebrate
Kalan Wi
BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
Homeland Nation Soundtrack
Rickey Medlocke
BEST MALE ARTIST
Wayne Silas Jr.
True Round Dance Songs
BEST NEW AGE RECORDING
Among The Ancients
Rushingwind & Mucklow
BEST POP RECORDING
Stay With Me Baby
Jana Mashonee
BEST POW WOW RECORDING
Memories
Emmanuel Black Bear
BEST PRODUCER
Francois Couture
Yahndawa’
BEST RAP HIP HOP RECORDING
Love Me Down
Ralphael Deas
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Shi Keyah Songs For The People
Radmilla Cody
BEST ROCK RECORDING
Find My Way
Saving Damsels
SONG/SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Hear My Cry
Frank Waln & Cody Blackbird
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Peter Sackaney
Where Love Belongs
BEST SPOKEN WORD RECORDING
I Am Woman, Kwe
Lena Recollect
BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING
Tsionathonwisen
Akwesasne Women Singers
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO
A Tribute To Our Heros
CC Murdock
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO
Homeland Nation
Various Artists
BEST WAILA RECORDING
In Loving Memory
T.O. Combo
BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING
Hostiles & Renegades
Gary Small & the Coyote Bros
NATIVE HEART
Sybille Hummingbird
Serenity
LIVING LEGEND
Nelly Furtado
HALL OF FAME
Russell Means
Visit nativeamericanmusicawards.com for more information about the Native American Music Awards.
CONTRIBUTE TO ABORIGINAL MUSIC WEEK
We produce Aboriginal Music Week as volunteers because we love music and we want to support Aboriginal artists. But we need a little help.
Please consider making a contribution to our campaign on IndieGoGo.
Your contribution will help us pay artist fees, improve the presentation conditions at each concert, and purchase more advertising spots.
The benefits:
- $20: Your name listed on the aboriginalmusicweek.ca website.
- $30: A copy of the Aboriginal Music Week compilation CD.
- $65: An Aboriginal Music Week 2013 festival pass.
- $200: A booth (for seating) and six tickets for the Digging Roots concert.
- $201: A booth (for seating) and six tickets for the Derek Miller concert.
Please make a contribution to our IndieGoGo campaign here:
indiegogo.com/projects/aboriginal-music-week-2013
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