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First Nations Musicians and Native American Musicians There were no borders.

·        • Susan Aglukark.

Susan Aglukark, OC, is an Inuk musician whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with country and pop song writing has made her a major recording star in Canada. Susan Aglukark. Uuliniq Susan Aglukark, OC, singer, songwriter (born 27 January 1967 in Churchill, MB). Susan Aglukark is a Juno Award-winning Inuk singer and songwriter

  Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism.In 1997, she founded the Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding Native Americans. She has won recognition and many awards and honours for both her music and her work in education and social activism.  

  Carlos Nakai

This collection of solo flute pieces from Navajo-Ute musician R. Carlos Nakai is an evocative delight. The album consists of mostly original material, from the composition "Canyon Reverie," to the improvisational "In Media Res," to "Athabascan Song," an arrangement of a traditional song. The latter in particular stands out, with a faster rhythm and more lilting melody than most of the other pieces. There's also "Ancient Dreams," performed on a bone whistle; the instrument almost exceeds the upper range of human hearing, and Nakai occasionally sounds like he's imitating bird calls. A classically trained musician, Nakai blends musical traditions to create a whole that reminds one, on occasion, of Japanese shakuhachi music. 

Alexandro Querevalú

A great artist Alexandro Querevalu brings to us Amerindian music that can easily touch the soul of every human. We know that music is vibrant and on different frequencies, it brings different emotions. An epic place like Promenade in Swinoujscie, Poland, he is performing the theme song from the movie The Last of The Mohicans. The people gathered there are really privileged to witness so much beauty. Alexandro Querevalú was born in Peru of native Amerindians parents. Alexandro plays a large variety of songs, including The last of the Mohicans, El Condor Pasa and many other favourites.

   Alexandro Querevalú

His live performances in different Native American costumes are breathtaking. Alexandro lives in Poland now and gives regular live performances on the promenade in Swinoujscie. He was a contestant on a Talent Show in Poland and also played at the Kuwait City Festival in Kuwait for 2 weeks.

 A Tribe Called Red Sisters

Watch a Tribe Called Red’s ‘Sisters’ Turn Their Day Into a Dance Party

Recent Juno award winners release video from their 'Nations II Nations' debut

Three aboriginal girls prepare for A Tribe Called Red's monthly Electric Powwow rave in Ottawa, just like any other excited young people might: dancing, trying on outfits. Sisters ft Northern Voice

Encouraged by A Tribe Called Red

The three “sisters” are Sarain Fox (Anishinaabe), Aria Evans (mixed race, Mi’kmaq) and Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (Mohawk). They are dancers and actresses.

 Lloyd Cheechoo.

Listen to songs and albums by Lloyd Cheechoo, including "James Bay", "Winds of Change", "Winds of Change" and many more. Free with Apple Music.

A Tribe Called Red

In 2014, the band withdrew from a scheduled performance at the official opening ceremonies of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, citing concerns about the museum's depiction of aboriginal human rights issues.

In 2016, they released LP We Are the Halluci Nation in September. Guest collaborators on the album included Narcy, Yasiin Bey, Lido Pimienta Shad, Tanya Tagaq, Joseph Boyden and Black Bear. The group won the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award at the Juno Awards of 2017.

Alexis Utatnaq

Music has always been an integral part of Alexis Utatnaq’s life. Born in Chesterfield Inlet, N.W.T., the singer relocated with his family to Baker Lake, Nunavut, to be with relatives. The Inuk singer-songwriter would later create records that would eventually play on the air waves in the Arctic. He has performed at numerous concerts over the years including Nunavut, Yellowknife, Toronto and Ottawa.

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First Nations Musicians and Native American Musicians There were no borders.Part Two.

Midnight Shine.

Midnight Shine was formed almost by chance in 2011 when Sutherland was hired to open for rock band Trooper in Timmins, Ont. The only setback was the singer-songwriter didn't have a band to support him on stage. So he made a few calls to fellow musicians and pulled together an experienced group he liked. They spent about four days in rehearsals before the big show."One thing we noticed is the band gelled really quick," Sutherland remembers. "It just felt good."They decided it would be a waste to only work together once. Within a few months, Midnight Shine was recording their debut album. Shedding positive light on First Nations issues was one of the band's priorities from the start.

·Sugluk

Sugluk (variously styled Sugluc, SUGLUC, or the Sugluk Group) were a Canadian rock band, based in northern Quebec. Led by singer George Kakayuk and guitarist Tayara Papigatuk, the group toured extensively through the 1970s and 1980s, and recorded two singles with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Northern Service in 1975.The band wrote songs in both English and Inuktitut. The group was formed in Salluit, Quebec (formerly known as Sugluk) in the early 1970s, and reunited in 2013. Salluit-born pop singer Elisapie Isaac performed with the band in her youth.

·       Peter Frank

Peter Frank was a singer-songwriter from Wagmatcook First Nation reserve in Nova Scotia. In his early years, Frank attended a residential school, in which he was separated from his family.

From here, he learned to speak English. He would later go on to become a commercial bush pilot. During this time, he would reflect and write meditative songs about his people and what he’d observe throughout his travels.

·       Ernest Monias.

Song: "Tormented Soul" Born in Cross Lake, Man., this Canadian musician is often referred to as the “Elvis in the North.” Ernest Monias had the chance to share the stage with a number of great artists throughout his career, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Trooper and Nazareth. Since 1979, the Canadian musician has released more than 15 albums.

·       Wab Kinew

Wabanakwut (Wab) Kinew (born December 31, 1981) is a Canadian politician, musician, broadcaster and university administrator, best known as a host of programming on CBC Radio and CBC Television. Kinew released his debut CD as a rapper, Live by the Drum, in 2009.The CD won the Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop CD. His second CD, Mide-Sun, followed in 2010. Listen to songs and albums by Lloyd Cheechoo, including "James Bay", "Winds of Change", "Winds of Change" and many more. Free with Apple Music.

·       Robbie Robertson.

He was an only child. His mother was Rose Marie Chrysler, a full blooded Mohawk who was raised on the Six Nations Reserve southwest of Toronto, Ontario. Robertson is best known for his work as lead guitarist and primary songwriter for The Band, and for his career as a solo recording artist. His work with The Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. Robertson has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of The Band. Robertson is known for his collaborations with director Martin Scorsese which began with the rockumentary film The Last Waltz (1978), and continued through a number of dramatic films, including Raging Bull (1980) and Casino (1995). He has also worked on many other soundtracks for film and television.

Don Ross

Ross was born in Montreal, Quebec to Scottish and Mi'kmaq parents. Bruce Cockburn writes, "Nobody does what Don Ross does with an acoustic guitar. He takes the corners so fast you think he's going to roll, but he never loses control." Ross names Bruce Cockburn, John Renbourn, Pierre Bensusan, Keith Jarrett, Egberto Gismonti and Pat Metheny as his main sources of inspiration. One of his songs, "Michael, Michael, Michael", is dedicated to Michael Hedges. In 1986 Ross produced and published his first album” Kehewin”, on cassette, and became a full-time musician. He performed as a duo with his wife, singer Kelly McGowan. At the same time he was member of a New Age jazz quartet called Eye Music. His first place win, after two previous attempts, in the 1988 American Walnut Valley Festival earned him a contract with Duke Street Records, Toronto, where he published his next two albums.