#Joanne Shenandoah

[moonhedgegarden]

My favorite song to meditate to(however you meditate)

[cinemaquiles]

Vingança da Terra no fraco "Colapso no Ártico" (The last winter, 2006)

[permian-tropos]

when you figure out the right search terms for an album you last listened to on cassette as a baby and you get to relive babyhood 😭😭😭

[native-indigenous-characters]

Today’s Native/Indigenous Character is Kahhori from the upcoming Season 2 of Marvel’s What If?

Kahhori is of the Mohawk Tribe from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

RIP Joanne Shenandoah, who worked hard to get this character made. I don’t care if season 2 ever comes out, i love Kahhori.

[hiperchile]

Female-fronted February - Masterpost

So, that was that month, I guess. Time flies. For your convenvience, here are all the albums in one post :) Spotify is linked here along with the posts, additional streaming links can be found within the posts. If you haven’t been following along the TL;DR is that I’ve been spending my February picking out a new female-fronted album every day. It’s been fun. There’s both some hidden gems as well as some well-respected icons, spread over a good mix of genres. A playlist of all the albums can be found here (in all it’s nearly 20 hours glory), and a shorter version with a few songs from each album (handpicked by yours truly xoxo) can be found here. Statistics for said playlist (including more specific genres, at the bottom) can be found here, if you��re into that sort of thing. Have fun!

#1: Vulpes - Vulpes (x) #2: Liima Innui - Republik / Liima Innui - Inri (x  / x) #3: Maud Lindström - Strategivisor för kärlekskritiker (x) #4: Otoboke Beaver - Otoboke Beaver (x) #5: Sibongile Khumalo - Ancient Evenings (x) #6: Jacqueline Taïeb - Jacqueline Taïeb (x) #7: Alisha Chinai - Kamasutra (x) #8: Sabrina Malheiros - Equilibria (x) #9: Eneida Marta - Lôpe Kaï (x) #10: 海朋森  / Hiperson -  她从广场回来 (She Came Back From the Square) (x) #11: Maria Peszek - Jezus Maria Peszek (x) #12: Dobet Gnahoré - Couleur (x) #13: Joanne Shenandoah - Peacemaker’s Journey (x) #14: Hans-A-Plast - Hans-A-Plast (x) #15: Rasha - Sudaniyat (x) #16: Rossa - Rossa (x) #17: Sister Carol - Black Cinderella (x) #18: Kareyce Fotso - Mokte (x) #19: Nanna - Små Blå Breve (x) #20: 이달의 소녀 오드아이써클 [LOONA ODD EYE CIRCLE] - Max & Match (x) #21: Ivy Queen - En Mi Imperio (x) #22: Shaddaï Ndomboxe - Raison (x) #23: Googoosh - Pol (x) #24: Nótár Mary - Cigánylány (x) #25: Pastorita Huaracina - Nuestro Tesoro (x) #26: Najwa Karam -   شمس الغنية / Chams El-Ghinnieh (x) #27: Lijadu Sisters - Danger (x) #28: Giusy Ferreri - Fotografie (x) 

So, yeah, end of the project! Would I do it again? Probably. Was it time-consuming? Definitely. At the moment I’m working on a women’s music canon (because gen canons tend to have around 15% women (*including mixed group and being very generous in my counting) and I think that’s a well shame. 

Really, what this is, is an encouragement to seek out more female artists, old and new. They deserve to be heard. The music industry has historically been terribly male-centric - it’s about time to center the women once in a while, don’t you think?

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Joanne Shenandoah - Womens Song

[the-coolest-pharaoh]

*there's the sound of singing coming from a empty hall, you can't understand what's being said, but they're singing voice is really pretty*

(The song is you are my friend by Joanne Shenandoah)

Ahk is walking through the halls reading an ancient Greek book. He hears the voice singing and stops to listen, wondering who it is.

[jeannereames]

This is a terrible loss. She was still young and had years of music in her. An extremely important voice in indigenous music, she upbraided presidents, celebrated the Iroquois tradition of Clan Mothers, and sang numerous songs on her various 15 albums in her own language.

[mariganath]

Month’s Most Scrobbled: February

Life happened (boy, did it happen or what?), so I’m putting two months up on the trot, before it’s time to add a third.

Shakira (173)

Joanne Shenandoah (107)

Robert Mirabal (67)

Marko Hietala (60)

Jennifer Lopez (53)

[takealittlepieceoftheirhearts]

This is such a beautiful song and an absolutely beautiful performance!

[garudabluffs]

Musician Joanne Shenandoah, a powerful voice for Native culture, dies at 64                        

November 27, 2021 READ MORE https://www.npr.org/2021/11/27/1059526800/musician-joanne-shenandoah-a-powerful-voice-for-native-culture-dies-at-64

LISTEN Shenandoah Country Joanne Shenandoah

https://open.spotify.com/album/2PTMwb5O8ASlBoMumpCR5I?go=1&sp_cid=4ab73e000d36705870c26efc3cbfd1d6&utm_source=embed_player_m&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1

[the-aila-test]

“  Such an out pouring of love and support is so very much appreciated!  For more information please go to www.joanneshenandoah.com and share this site.   The email for specific questions can be sent to info@joanneshenandoah.com.  Kindly be patient as we undertake this most amazing and wonderful task for such a talent!! With respect and gratitude we appreciate your support and look forward to hearing from you!  “

[tepkunset]

Underrated Native Music Artists

This list is organized by genre, because everyone has different tastes. (But I’m not confident with the genre placing of all these, so please be forgiving of that.) That said, as someone who personally has a pretty wide taste, I would certainly encourage branching out, because who knows what you might discover you like. And please feel free to add more!

Each link is to a sample song.

Alternative

Digging Roots

Nêhiyawak

Classic Rock

Adrian Sutherland & Midnight Shine (personal favourite!)

Derek Miller

Nadjiwan

Robbie Robertson

Classical

Elisapie (some folk too)

Jeremy Dutcher

Dance

The Halluci Nation (formerly known as A Tribe Called Red)

DJ Shub

Electropop

Iskwē (personal favourite! Acākosīk is a masterpiece of an album especially, IMO)

Folk

Buffy Sainte-Marie (also Folk Rock / Rock and Country) (personal favourite!)

Joanne Shenandoah (also Country)

Samantha Crain

Tanaya Winder

William Prince (also Country)

Folk Rock

Jay Gilday

Leela Gilday

Logan Staats

Twin Flames (personal favourite! I am obsessed with their entire album Omen, and their cover of Grace Too is to die for)

Hip Hop

Drezus

Frank Waln

Joey Stylez (also pop)

Leonard Sumner

Snotty Nose Rez Kids (personal favourite!)

T-Rhyme

Pop

Carsen Gray

Shawnee Kish

Wolf Saga

Traditional

Fawn Wood

Tanya Tagaq

[nonlovesongoftheday]

Kasistsy^Tha - Joanne Shenendoah

In this collection celebrating the nurturing spirit of not only the women in Shenandoah's life but of all mothers, sisters, aunts, and friends, Shenandoah sings traditional Iroquois chants with a unique grace and poise.

[hiperchile]

Female-fronted February #13 (Joanne Shenandoah)

Joanne Shenandoah - Peacemaker’s Journey

Released: 2000, US/Oneida Indian Nation

Genre: New Age

Duration: 47 min.

Links: Spotify Youtube Apple Music Tidal Amazon Music

A concept album this time! (Well, aren’t they alll...) The album’s based around the legend of Skennanrahowi. It’s a gorgeous album, really, but it’s biggest strength is by far the composition of it - it flows so well together from one song to the next and really manages to build up the ‘big moments��. It’s difficult not to get a bit caught up in it, honestly. 

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