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A Tribe Called Red Top

A Tribe Called Red is a collective of Native DJs, anchored by Bear Witness, Deejay NDN, and two-time Canadian DMC champ DJ Shub. The boys are best known for the Electric Pow Wow party and original mash-ups of traditional Native drums and vocals that they Read More

Appearing At:

  • Aboriginal Music Week 2011
  • Tuesday, November 1
  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Friday, November 4
    9pm - 3am

Ali Fontaine Top

16-year-old Ali Fontaine is from Sagkeeng First Nation. Her debut self titled CD was released on June 18, 2011. Read More

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Barking Water Top

Frankie is dying. Irene hasn't forgiven him. And they are racing against time to find their way home. Frankie needs help and Irene is the one he turns to. He must go home one last time. Read More

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  • The Martial Caron Theatre
  • Saturday, November 6
    7pm-10pm

Bear Witness Top

Bear Witness is an Ottawa-based Dj and visual artists with over 14 years of experience on the turntables. He's Cayuga and specializes in dancehall tracks. Check a sample his video work on his AMW artist page. Read More

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Billy Joe Green Top

As one of Canada's premier blues guitar slingers, Billy Joe Green earned his rambunctious, no frills approach to the guitar honestly, as a rockin' swaggering sideman for such acts as THE FEATHERMEN, JACK'S SCOUTS, CHEZ BOJECK, and others. Read More

BODM Top

Bruthers of Different Muthers (BODM) is a family of rock musicians who combine chants and lyrics inspired by their Native roots with hard hitting power chords. Read More

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  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Saturday, November 5
    9pm - 3am

Bonnie Couchie Top

Bonnie Couchie denied music’s burning force until the age of 30 when she first dared to profess it out loud. Read More

Burnt-Project 1 Top

Burnt-Project 1 is a Juno Award winning collection of musicians lead by the multi-talented David Boulanger. Currently working on their third studio album, The Black List, Burnt Project 1 works from a multi-coloured palette of music including African, Midd Read More

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Cassidy Mann Top

Singer/songwriter Cassidy Mann is a 15-year-old high school student from Winnipeg with a fresh pop/country sound. www.cassidymann.com Read More

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Christa Couture Top

Christa Couture gives up all her lovely and messy bits through a blend of folk and rock, quirk and charm. A formidable talent, Couture is armed with an attention grabbing mezzo-soprano and a quick-witted turn-of-phrase. Whether performing solo where “[C Read More

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  • The Windsor Hotel
  • Thursday, November 3
    9pm - 3am

Colette Trudeau Top

Colette Trudeau is Métis singer/songwriter, who first shot to notoriety as a vocalist for the band LiveonRelease. Trudeau has co-written the hit single “I’m afraid of Britney Spears” which appears in the movie “Dude, Where’s My Car?” as well Read More

Conrad Bigknife Top

We’ve all heard the phrase “born to be...” In Conrad Bigknife’s case there is no doubt he was born to be a singer, a songwriter, a storyteller. His voice puts words to music in a way that has you feeling them at the same time you’re hearing them Read More

Cris Derksen Top

Cris Derksen is a half-Cree, classically trained cellist whose captivating melodies and steadfast baselines have captured the attention of local and international audiences. She is a diverse musician, easily melding into hip-hop, rock, folk, country, or w Read More

Crown P Top

Crown P A.K.A. Tyler Bear is a 24 year old producer and emcee hailing from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Originally from Flying Dust First Nation he has a very strong connection to his native roots and background. Read More

Darren Lavallee Top

From St. Ambroise, Darren Lavallee has been dubbed the “Marvelous Métis.” He was raised surrounded by music, dance, and the Michif language and is strongly traditional when it comes to his Métis roots. Read More

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Deejay Frame Top

Deejay Frame is an Ottawa-based hip hop turntablest of Mi'kmaq ancestry with over 10 years of experience to his credit. He places 3rd at the Redbull 3style competition in Ottawa, held down the touring DJ role for Pumpkinhead, Cesar Commanche, and other no Read More

Deejay NDN Top

Deejay NDN is an Ottawa-based big bass and electro DJ and producer of Ojibwe ancestry. He's been making music and moving crowds for five years and has toured Canada at the drummer of a punk band called "The Ripcords". Read More

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Derek Miller Top

"He’s like Hank Williams and Link Wray on peyote…" —Jim Jarmusch Read More

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  • Aboriginal Music Week 2011
  • Tuesday, November 1
  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Saturday, November 5
    9pm - 3am

Digging Roots Top

Digging Roots is a JUNO Award winning family of musicians, anchored by Raven Kanatakta and Shoshona Kish. These leaders of new school rebel music have toured Canada, the US, and Europe, covering everything from intimate club settings to huge festival main Read More

DJ Shub Top

DJ Shub is a proven battle DJ of Cayuga ancestry. He's based in Ottawa and has been moving crowds for 10 years. Shub is a 2-time Canadian DMC DJ Champion and a DMC Canadian Supremacy Champion. Read More

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Don Amero Top

Male Artist of the Year at the 2009 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards, Don Amero is set to release his third album, entitled The Long Way Home. Read More

Donny Parenteau Top

Donny Parenteau is one of Canada’s most versatile and dynamic country music singer-songwriters. Born and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, his full circle story of success is truly awe-inspiring. Donny knows what it takes to be successful in the C Read More

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  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Thursday, November 3
    9pm - 3am

Gabriel Ayala Top

A member of the Yaqui people of southern Arizona, Gabriel Ayala is at the forefront of a new generation of Native Americans making a career performing classical music. Read More

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  • The Windsor Hotel
  • Thursday, November 3
    9pm - 3am

George Leach Top

George Leach is one of Native Canada's premier guitar players and celebrated stars. His debut released earned the bluesy singer/songwriter a number of awards and the attention of audiences across the country. Nearly 11 years after the release of Just Wher Read More

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Inez Top

Inez is one of Native Canada’s new school music leaders. Her blend of Sto:lo music and culture with hip hop and R&B earned her the top spot in multiple categories at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in Winnipeg last year. Read More

Jason Lepine Top

Jason Lepine is a 34 year old Champion Métis fiddle player from Portage la Prairie. Jason has been playing fiddle for 26 years influenced by his dad, Garry Lepine. Jason has won numerous fiddling championships in and outside Manitoba during his fiddling Read More

Jason Tuesday Top

Jason Tuesday is an Anishinabe musician from the lake of the Woods in Ontario. As a guitar player he is known for his percussive fingerstyle playing, influenced by more afrop-latin players. Read More

JB the First Lady Top

Jb the first Lady is a Vancouver based female hip hop artist, beat-boxer, performing artist, aboriginal youth educator, single mother, award-winning actor, and member of the Nuxalk and Cayauga Nations who is "using [her] words to go upwards/not backwards. Read More

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  • The Windsor Hotel
  • Saturday, November 5
    9pm - 3am

Jerry Sereda Top

Jerry Sereda is a Métis songwriter from the prairie skies of the keystone province. An honest performer, his work ethic and musicianship have earned him performance spots alongside Shane Yellowbird, Donny Parenteau, Jason Blaine, and many others. His ini Read More

John Arcand Top

Métis fiddling is a style all it's own, and, when you think of this unique cultural music, one fiddler stands out! John Arcand is the undisputed "Master of the Métis Fiddle". Read More

Appearing At:

  • Aboriginal Music Week 2011
  • Tuesday, November 1
  • West End Cultural Centre
  • Tuesday, November 1
    7:00pm

Kinnie Starr Top

Alida Kinnie Starr is a tri-lingual published author and one of Canada’s most critically acclaimed underground musicians. A Juno Award Winning Producer (2010, Digging Roots “We Are”) and Juno Nominated Artist (2004, “Sun Again”), KStarr creates Read More

Kyla Cederwall Top

Kyla Cederwall is an emerging country/pop singer with incredible vocal abilities and an outstanding band. Read More

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Leela Gilday Top

A captivating Dene singer/songwriter, Leela Gilday is a passionate, soulful performer who takes listeners on a journey through a musical world where freedom and joy balance sorrow and injustice. Her lyrics, reflective of her northern roots, embrace the es Read More

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  • Aboriginal Music Week 2011
  • Tuesday, November 1
  • West End Cultural Centre
  • Thursday, November 3
    7:00pm

Lorenzo Top

Lorenzo, born Leonard Sumner, is an Anishinabe recording artist from the Little Saskatchewan First Nation, which ironically enough is smack dab in the middle of Manitoba. His music is best described as a “Rez kid’s mix tape” drawing inspiration from Read More

Mark Nabess Top

Mark Nabess began his musical journey as an adult doing sound tech for Ernest Monias and Edward Gamblin, two notable and respected musicians from northern Manitoba. Read More

Melissa St. Goddard Top

From Portage La Prairie Manitoba, Melissa has been surrounded by music her entire life. Her Uncles, Darren Lavallee and Mark Morrisseau, both accomplished fiddle players, were a major influence on Melissa. Read More

Mitch Daigneault Top

Mitch Daigneault is an award winning country singer, living in Battleford, Saskatchewan. He has released two albums to date and spent seven years with the legendary C Weed Band. Read More

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  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Thursday, November 3
    9pm - 3am

Nathan Cunningham Top

Nathan Cunningham was born in Prince George, British Columbia. He was raised in the small northern community of Sucker Creek First Nation near High Prairie, Alberta. Read More

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  • The Windsor Hotel
  • Friday, November 4
    9pm - 3am

Percy Tuesday Top

Percy Tuesday is Ojibway from the “Great” Big Grassy River Ojibway Nation in Ontario. He is popularly known as “The Reverend”, and is fondly recognized by fans and fellow musicians as a “legend in his own time”. Percy is a seasoned musician an Read More

Plex Top

A daring emcee, artist and entrepreneur from Edmonton, Alberta, Doug Bedard AKA Plex has taken his experience of growing up on North-side Beverly streets to the masses with a message 15 years in the making about competing to survive adversity and ultimate Read More

Riva Top

Riva is a singer-songwriter from the prairies and a member of the Timiskaming Algonquin First Nation. She has written, released, and toured three records across Canada and throughout the United States with the critically acclaimed band Sylvie. As a membe Read More

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  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Thursday, November 3
    9pm - 3am

Samian Top

A voice of the present day telling a story from centuries ago, Samian lays down his poetry with the soul of a warrior. Through his music, Samian retraces the story of aboriginal people for whom he claims respect and recognition. Read More

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  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Friday, November 4
    9pm - 3am

Scott Cornelius Top

Scott is a 12 year old fiddle player from the Roblin area. He has been playing fiddle for 4 years now and has won many awards. He is true showman who will have you on that dance floor from the moment he strikes his bow. Read More

Sherry St. Germain Top

Multi instrumentalist/producer/singer/songwriter Sherry St.Germain is an outstanding performer. With the expertise of producer Ben Kaplan, she put together an impressive body of work that is sure to satisfy even the most critical ears. Sherry is the daugh Read More

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  • Aboriginal Music Week 2011
  • Tuesday, November 1
  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Saturday, November 5
    9pm - 3am

Slick & Lil' J Top

Manitoba's legendary square dancing brothers- Slick & Lil' J are crowd favorites everywhere they go. Read More

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  • West End Cultural Centre
  • Tuesday, November 1
    7:00pm

Sonia Eidse Top

Sonia Eidse is a new singer-songwriter from Winnipeg. She started out singing in local talent shows and contests. Read More

Stu Porteous Top

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Tagaq Top

Tagaq has been described as indescribable. When Tanya Tagaq Gillis' music fills your ears - either in person or on her CDs - she is genuinely one of those rare artists whose sounds and styles are truly groundbreaking. ‘Inuit throat singer' is one part Read More

The Half Pints Top

Under the Direction and Instruction of Brenda Lapointe, the Half Pints, a square dance group who has earned a national reputation, have overwhelmed and captivated their audiences with their synchronized stepping and refined square dance routines. Read More

The Johnnys Top

The Johnnys is a high-energy beat-driven rock duo founded by singer & guitar player Veronica Johnny (of Cree and Dene heritage) with drummer and partner Dave Johnny. Described as “real, rebellious, swaggering rock’n’roll”, The Johnnys perform live Read More

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  • The Windsor Hotel
  • Saturday, November 5
    9pm - 3am

The Local Onlyz Top

The Local Onlyz are a 4-piece hip-hop group from Regina combining members of the nancy ray-guns with InfoRed (Brad Bellegarde) and hip-hop producer Merky Waters (Chris Merk). Read More

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  • West End Cultural Centre
  • Wednesday, November 2
    7:00pm

The Métis Club Traditional Dancers Top

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  • West End Cultural Centre
  • Tuesday, November 1
    7:00pm

The Norman Chief Memorial Dancers Top

The Norman Chief Memorial Dancers were founded in 2004 by Sonny and Terri Delaronde in memory of the late Norman Chief, a Métis musician, singer, and entertainer. The Norman Chief Dancers' primary purpose is to promote and develop community spirit throug Read More

The St. Laurent Steppers Top

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Thoshography Top

Thoshography was established in 2005 and is owned and operated by Anthony “Thosh” Collins. Thoshography is international, national and local between the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona and the greater Los Angeles, California area. Read More

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Warchild Top

On a solitary portage between the barren wilderness and a desolate city, a young man reflects on his troubled past and hopeful future. Honest, thoughtful and personal narration illuminates a survivor’s state of mind that seeks serenity, while a backgrou Read More

Wayne Lavallee Top

Wayne Lavallee is a 2010 Juno nominee & winner for “Best folk acoustic album” “Best rock album” & “Best male artist” at the 2010 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. While the new release was a great success, it took a long time for Wayne to find Read More

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  • The Windsor Hotel
  • Friday, November 4
    9pm - 3am

Will Belcourt & the Hollywood Indians Top

Will Belcourt is an award winning and award nominated artist from Marlboro Alberta. With two EP’s and three full length albums to his credit he continues to win new fans and followers across North America and has toured extensively in bands ranging from Read More

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  • The Windsor Hotel
  • Saturday, November 5
    9pm - 3am

Winnipeg's Most Top

Winnipeg’s Most is Charlie Fettah, Jon-C and Brooklyn on the mic over the beatmaking genius of JUNO Award nominated producers Stomp and Jaymak of Rezofficial Music. Read More

Appearing At:

  • Aboriginal Music Week 2011
  • Tuesday, November 1
  • West End Cultural Centre
  • Wednesday, November 2
    7:00pm

World Hood Top

Afro-Latin Dub meets West Coast bass, World Hood, the self titled debut album from World Hood Music is a peaceful revolution in itself, uncrowded by the usual suspects. The group’s first release plays like a breakbeat fairytale with distinct Afro-beat, Read More

Appearing At:

  • Aboriginal Music Week 2011
  • Tuesday, November 1
  • The Pyramid Cabaret
  • Friday, November 4
    9pm - 3am