RPM Artist Minute: Kinnie Starr – “Women + Sex + Music”
In our second RPM Artist Minute, hip-hop chanteuse Kinnie Starr talks candidly about women and sexuality in the music business.Kinnie is widely known for blazing trails for women in hip-hop through the strength, authenticity and openness in both the music she creates, and the messages she conveys in conversation.
She has challenged the industry’s commodification of beauty, but has also used the tools to her advantage. How does she strike a balance? Director Louvens Remy sat down with Kinnie to find out.
Director/Cinematography/Editing: Louvens Remy / Blacksunrise Pictures.
The full interactive Digital Drum website will be here soon. ---- If you have an event, show, or media you would like to share, click on "your beats" and share it with Digital Drum. ---- Although we do like to focus on traditional cultural content, Aboriginal people are comprised of modern cultures identified by our art, language and lifestyle, both historical and current. We are using the Digital Drum blog for now, but in the near future we will be releasing a full interactive website in which content can be shared. It will be an online Aboriginal Community to share with all. You will be able to use your Google+ or Facebook accounts to connect. We aren’t creating another social networking site, but rather a tool to become an online Aboriginal Community with the tools we are already using online. A place for live, interactive Cultural Evolution.
It’s RPM Download Tuesday!
DOWNLOAD: Terri-Anne Strongarm – “Racing on the Wind”
by Christa CoutureTerri-Anne Strongarm, from Starblanket Cree Nation, has an impressive resume considering she’s just 23 years old. She’s opened for Charlie Major, Kalan Porter, Shane Yellowbird, The Road Hammers, Doug Kershaw, Crystal Shawanda and most Patty Loveless and won accolades for her big voice and country music stylings since she first began performing at 4 years old.
Currently working on her debut album, for a Summer 2012 release, Terri-Anne sent us this track to share with you. It highlights her powerful and fluid voice perfectly and is a great one to turn up loud and sing along to!
Everyone should get some Cash Money!
Anybody know if there is anyone doing this here in Canada?
Everyone needs a little Schmoyoho!
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Watsky & Mody- Mrs. Robinson ft. Danny McClain
Here’s a guy I’ve been listening too lately. I’m kinda diggin his music, he recently started making higher quality music, here’s one of the latest songs. Anyone have artists they’ve been listening a lot to lately?
The Songweavers Studio program, hosted by the Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association’s (KAYA) in Vancouver, is a free youth recording studio with the goal to empower the voice of Aboriginal youth. This month, Songweavers is presenting Musical Medicine Week - five days of workshops, community and music.
By providing access to gear, support and know-how for youth ages 14-29 who are interested in creating music, Songweavers is a safe venue for creative expression. From the Songweavers press release, Local Indigenous musicians educating Indigenous youth interested in culture:
Songweavers Studio Musical Medicine Week will utilize the knowledge and wisdom of local Indigenous musicians to educate Indigenous youth interested in music culture. By sharing an introductory understanding of how the music industry works, as well as teachings from traditional Indigenous music culture, Musical Medicine Week aims to provide youth with the tools to create a sustainable career in the Indigenous music industry.
RPM is one of the supporters of Musical Medicine Week – we love nothing more than to see emerging artists and young voices creating work! – and RPM contributors Christa Coutureand Ron Dean Harris, aka Ostwelve, are among the mentors presenting workshops.
If you’re in Vancouver, check it out! All ages, and all are welcome.
Get the full schedule and info here: http://rpm.fm/news/songweavers-studio-musical-medicine-week/
The new RPM podcast is up!
RPM Podcast #013: “Motherhood”
In episode 13, RPM looks at Indigenous motherhood and music.
Many nations around Turtle Island have references in their oral traditions and prophecies about the important role of the 7th Generation. This concept refers to the 7th Generation to be born after contact with European settlers and how we must live our lives in a sustainable way making sure the earth is sustainable for 7 generations to come. The people with the most direct connection to the next 7th generations are, of course, our mothers.
Episode #013 of the RPM Podcast hosted by Ostwelve explores three Indigenous mothers who happen to also be active musicians. Lakota Jones (Mohawk, Cherokee, Lakota) credits her children as her biggest supporters. Inez (Sto:lo) went on tour and was surprised to see that some communities were uncomfortable with her breastfeeding her son. Eekwol (Muskoday First Nation) shares stories about how music helped her heal from post-partum depression. All three women are learning how to juggle their careers with their new found commitment to raising the next generation.
DOWNLOAD: The Snake Oil Salesmen – “Be Okay”
By Ron Dean HarrisThis week’s RPM music download comes from the new basement recordings by The Snake Oil Salesmen out of Regina, Saskatchewan - the song Be Okay.
The Snake Oil Salesmen (Little Black Bear)have been playing the open mic circuit in Regina, Saskatchewan, for years and have now come together as a collective to record some tracks.Be Okay is an alternative-folk-rock tune with a relaxed groove and a story to tell. The vibe is indicative of the style of music coming out of Regina’s acoustic scene these days and we recommend taking the lyrics to heart – just come out and play, step into our haze, dance your cares away…
Stay on the lookout for more from The Snake Oil Salesmen coming soon!
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