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Contemporary Native American music ranges from the rap/hip-hop of Litefoot, Julian B. and the Rez Boyz to the haunting flute compositions of R. Carlos Nakai. In between are such talents as long-time musical artist Buffy Sainte-Marie, country-rock singer/composer Bill Miller, poet/activist John Trudell, the folk-inspired Canadian duo Kashtin, and many others.Traditional Native music provides a rich and varied source for these contemporary musicians, who often blend drums, flutes, songs, and other elements of traditional music with modern rhythms and instruments to give their music a unique sound. Their lyrics speak of the passion and pain of Native cultures and individuals in the modern world, as well as more the conventional subjects of love and loss and longing.
The links below will lead you to some of the Native music sites on the Web, many of which include audio samples, as well as biographical info and pics. Some sites feature individual artists, some relate to Native music as a whole, and many concern the musical traditions of Tribes across the continent.
Explore, listen, enjoy ... the heading block at the top of this page is the Tsalagi (Cherokee) word for "musicians" in the Cherokee written language ... in English letters the word is "di-ni-ka-no-gi:-s-di'-s-gi' ".
THE LINKS:
ARTISTS SOURCES OTHER RESOURCES
- INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND BANDS:
- THE UNOFFICIAL SUSAN AGLUKARK HOMEPAGE
- SUSAN AGLUKARK - from the Ticketmaster site
- BREACH OF TRUST a Native band with roots in northern Saskatchewan
- SHARON BURCH - Navajo
- KASHTIN Innu duo, Claude McKenzie and Florent Vollant
- ALTERED-NATIVE: BILL MILLER ONLINE
- ANOTHER BILL MILLER PAGE
- THE FOLKBOOK INDEX FOR BILL MILLER
- JESS LEE Metis performer
- BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE Buffy's Home Page
- BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE - bio from the Ticketmaster site
- FOLLOWING GENERATIONS MUSIC
- 7TH FIRE
- THUNDERCHIEF Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Recording Artist
- JOHN TRUDELL Santee Sioux poet & activist
- TUSCARORA SINGERS
- ULALI An outstanding Native Women's a cappella group
- - JOY HARJO AND HER BAND, POETIC JUSTICE
- WARPATH A Native American Rap artist
- THE NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE
- ROBBIE ROBERTSON: MUSIC FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS
- COYOTE OLDMAN MUSIC Native American Flute
- SNOBALL BUTLER Native American folk music
- DENNIS HAWK - from the Folkbook Index
- R. CARLOS NAKAI
- MUSIC SOURCES & ARCHIVES:
- INDIAN HOUSE Traditional American Indian music
- CANYON RECORDS PRODUCTIONS/FIRST NATIONS MUSIC INC.
- FIREBIRD Native American Music Index
- TURQUOISE TURTLEA Tohono O'odham (Papago) enterprise.
- NATIVEWEB ELECTRONIC STORE
- CANYON RECORDS PRODUCTIONS Native American Music & New Music of the Southwest
- RAINBOW WALKER MUSIC Native American music outlet. Traditional and modern recordings. Additional links to info on culture.
- RECORDS & TAPES ON NATIVE AMERICANS - USC Library
- AMERICANA: AMERICAN INDIAN MUSIC
- LAKOTA GEORGE Native American Flutes ,Tapes and CD's.
- OTHER MUSIC RESOURCES:
- ABORIGINAL MUSIC PROJECT Developing and Promoting Aboriginal Music
- 2ND ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL Navajo Community College . Tsaile, Navajo Nation (Arizona) .
- ARLIE'S HOTLIST
- NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
- NATIVE AMERICAN EXPRESSIVE CULTURE Akwe:kon Journal
- NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC
