75 Levels of Connecting By Janet Marie Rogers
New track by Janet Marie Rogers on Soundcloud. This track is self described as “A list poem, a bit of fun, it goes on and on…”
Shout out to our Coast Salish artists - hychegah!
RPM is a new music platform to discover the most talented Indigenous musicians from across Turtle Island & beyond. Check us out: www.rpm.fm Indigenous Music Culture.
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Red Slam arrives on Redwire’s Sentinel Shores
Front lady for Tdot’s Red Slam Collective, Mahlikah Awe:ri, speaks on growth of the group and the ways that they give back. Red Slam will be headlining Redwire’s upcoming show Sentinel Shores: A Group Show and Event Exploring Land Defense February 2nd at Rhizome Cafe, Coast Salish Territories.
Marika Swan @ RPM: Wanna introduce yourself?
Mahlikah Awe:ri : My name is Mahlikah Awe:ri aka MC AngelHeart I am one of the four founding members of the Red Slam Collective. We also have other members that are a part of the collective now. We have four core members: we have a core drummer, a core bassist, we’ve added a saxophonist and then we mix it up with sometimes bringing in other emcees or a beatboxer or our B-boys.
MS: Who is making it out to Coast Salish Territories next week?
MA: So we’ll have MC 7th Son (Annishnaabe), Miles Turner (Six Nations, Mohawk), Isaac Llacuachaqui aka Riverwalker (Inca), myself (Mik’maw, Mohawk), Jav Bravo (Aztec), Will supporting us on bass and Paul our saxophonist cant make it but he’ll be there in spirit.
MS: How did the collective come together?
MA: In the fall of 2008 I was asked to do something at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, which is our Friendship Centre, around spoken word. At that time I was getting back into slam poetry competitions and I noticed there was no other natives in the circuit. So I thought maybe I should expose some other people to this art form. A set of people came to the workshops and they were into hip hop and into music. I had met Isaak a year before at an open mic so I asked him to join in. So it was 7th Son and Miles and our former member Lena who were always going. The youth coordinator encouraged us to apply for a grant to take things to the next level and take some of these lyrics and turn them into actual songs…
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Song Of The Trees (Warm Springs Honoring Song) - John Trudell - But This Isn’t El Salvador
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Bannock + Butter: "Eagle Poem" →
by Joy Harjo, Muskogee Poet and Musician
To pray you open your whole self
To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon
To one whole voice that is you.
And know there is more
That you can’t see, can’t hear
Can’t know except in moments
Steadily growing, and in languages
That aren’t always sound but…
Joy Harjo is fantastic. How exciting that she’s the Artist in Residence at UBC’s Longhouse!
Check out this track by her: http://rpm.fm/artist/joy-harjo/
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Poet: Zaccheus Jackson
YouTube: live slam poetry
ReverbNation: zaccheusjackson
Facebook: PoetZaccheusJackson
MySpace: perfectlyincompleteThis is guy is DOPE.
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Ode’min Giizis Festival
June 15-19, 2011
Peterborough, OntarioWhat an amazing festival: music, dance, spoken word, theatre, media arts performance, experiential education, ceremony, and more…even lacrosse!
Check out the Full Festival Schedule
Theme: Linear by Peter Vidani
