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This Week on Earthsongs: Indian City

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  From the band Indian City, the album Here and Now is a folk/pop celebration of generations of Indigenous music on Canada’s 150th anniversary. Vince Fontaine and a collective of musicians coming out of Winnipeg, Manitoba became Indian City in 2012 to represent cultural issues through music and “create a vehicle that would bring in some of these younger stars”. With the help of Eagle and Hawk’s Jay Bodner and Pamela Davis on vocals, Here and Now is Indian City’s third studio album. The lyrics talk about issues like the unsolved cases of the 1200 missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada and the hope for healing to come to the people of Turtle Island. The band continues to travel, bringing new Native voices and a spirit of youth to communities around the US and Canada.

Discography
Here and Now (2017)
Colors (2013)
Supernation (2012)

Playlist

Artist (Song) Album

    1. Redbone (Come And Get Your Love) Wovoka
    2. Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq (You Got To Run – Spirit Of The Wind)
    3. Twin Flames (So Qaigit – Come with Me) Signal Fire
    4. Silla + Rise (Flood) Debut
    5. The Jerry Cans (Isumagivappinnga) Inuusiq
    6. Indian City (Here And Now) Here And Now
    7. Indian City (Through The Flood) Here And Now
    8. Indian City (Fire Won’t Die) Here And Now
    9. Simon Lynge (Drum Beat) The Map of Your Life
    10. Small Time Giants (We Are The Arctic)
    11. Grant-Lee Phillips (Tennessee Rain) The Narrows
    12. Josh Halverson (Cupid – Single)
Alexis Sallee grew up in Anchorage, Alaska of Iñupiat descent. Her love for sound for film and music started at an early age and found its focus in radio when she joined the KNBA team after graduating high school. After working as an Earthsongs sound editor along with Shyanne Beatty for two years, she attended college at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. There she earned a Bachelors of Science in Recording Arts. Alexis now resides in Los Angeles where she hosts INDIGEFI and is involved in the audio post production industry.