getting ready to release more things over the summer. this is a classic Navajo song, reimagined. (But Hank Williams Sr. isn’t Navajo??) well, he might not be but his songs are.
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Jonathan Joss 💔💔💔

On Twitter, I had posted about a composer who took a Lakota ceremonial song & inappropriately turned it into a choral piece. Today, a group of Native music educators, allies, with support from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Historic Preservation Office are calling for the ACDA to take accountability.

I made a 2024 AOTY list featuring Native & Indigenous artists!! Releases from Sage Nizhoni, Mato Wayuhi, Khu.éez’, Hataałii, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Adrian Sutherland, Bizhiki, Jake Blount/Mali Obomsawin, M’Lynn, Alan Syliboy, Agalisiga, BBES, Indian Giver, Deantha Edmunds, & Andrina Turenne. Listen!

I’m back home on the rez teaching some kiddos how to play piano. One of my students just LOVES piano with all his lil heart. He’s been learning the intro to 7 Years by Lukas Graham & I’m so proud of how much he’s accomplished in 4 days. He thought it’d be funny to try it on 2 keyboards. 🥹

we recorded Mato Wayuhi’s first string quartet today!! It’s called “Beguile.” Beguile will be the theme music for my radio show, American Classical Voices