MUSIC: Indigenous Big Band to headline Kennedy Center The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band – one of the few jazz big bands in the world comprised exclusively of Native people – will headline a ...

Its music combines punk and metal with traditional Indigenous singing and the band, which is unapologetically political (one verse in “It’s Not Too Late,” released in 2005, includes the line ...

TROY OPPIE: I think a lot of your small group work has a very traditional jazz flavor to it. The indigenous big band is the ...

The most remote Indigenous rock band, The Desert Stars, are travelling more than 3000 kms from Spinifex Country to perform in Canberra (March 1) and Sydney (March 3) supporting their international ...

bassist Justin Currie and drummer Ashley Franks The world's most remote Indigenous rock band 'The Desert Stars' are kicking off a national tour this weekend (November 11 and November 12 ...

Some metal bands have used their music to call attention to environmental issues. That’s the case for Indigenous artists who have been a part of the genre for decades. Taylar Dawn Stagner ...

With a $7.7 million investment from the Bush Foundation, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO) and the White Earth Nation (WEN) will collaborate to improve Indigenous education in Minnesota ...

Áak’w Rock began as a virtual music festival in 2021. Then it was a part of Celebration in 2022, with musical acts ...

XIT, once deemed the “first commercially successful all-Indian rock band,” sang frankly and expressively about colonization, poverty, and the loss of Indigenous traditions. Its politics and ...