The lively sounds of high-pitched fiddling, tinkling piano keys and twanging guitar strings filled the hallways of Chisasibi’s James Bay Eeyou School with reimagined tunes and original songs performed by the very same people who walk these halls.
Cree singer and music educator Angel Baribeau released a new single and music video titled “Love is Up the River”, which highlights issues of self-discovery and acceptance.
As one of the original members of the Fort George Rockers, it is my pleasure to share fond memories of the band’s founder and my dear friend, the late Roderick David House, who everyone called Roger.
Nemaska's rap duo The NorthStars recently debuted a new song and music video dedicated to the struggles of Indigenous youth.
While she’s had numerous offers to play characters that were essentially stereotypes of Native women, Jessica Matten finally landed her dream role in Tribal, a new APTN police series that “flips the switch” on the cop genre.
It was a project of almost unimaginable ambition: a world-class opera sung entirely in Cree, bringing a symphony orchestra to small Indigenous communities in northern Quebec.
“Best of” lists proliferate every December, and before we add to the annual offering of film favourites, here’s a short note on the selective, subjective celebration of cinema.
Over the last 10 years, many Indigenous designers and artisans have gone from running small side businesses to operating online boutiques through social-media platforms.
“We are in the time of prophecy: the youth are going to take Indigenous wisdom and resurrect it through their art and their stories because they are going to inherit what we leave behind.”
