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The Native America North Showcase
Showcasing Canada's Premiere Aboriginal Artists in Toronto, March 24
Christa Couture, Chris Derksen, Digging Roots, Eagle & Hawk, and Leela Gilday all @ The Rivoli
These musicians craft melodies from treelines and score rock-powered sun dances for symphonies. They can play any and every genre, any and all instruments. They might be classically trained at elite schools like Berklee or may have learned to sing at their mother’s knee. They may have started out making beats in a remote Arctic village or grown up playing clubs in the big city.
They are Canada’s aboriginal artists, and they can no longer be pigeonholed, as The Native American North Showcase will prove March 24, 2011 in Toronto (full information below). The Showcase is timed to coincide with this year’s Juno Awards—of which many of the artists are past recipients or current nominees—and sponsored by Manitoba Music, in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts. It aims to connect music industry professionals, journalists, and new audiences with the deeply creative work flowing out of First Nations and Northern communities today.
The five Showcase artists come from every background and play music of all styles, yet all remain highly attuned to their heritage and communities. They demonstrate that aboriginal artists have moved beyond the narrow confines of niche markets and can hold their own on any festival stage, at any rock club, or at any performing arts center.
Christa Couture: Having paid her dues across BC and the UK, Couture’s delicate voice and aching songwriting chronicles the intertwining grief and grace of love and loss, inspired by her folk singer mother and Arapaho ceremonial musician father. 03/23/11
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