This weekend, Asinabka Festival has partnered with Gallery 101 to bring you a virtual edition of Unikkaaqtuarniq, which is Inuktitut for “storytelling.” The Stories from the North event is known for projecting films onto screens made of snow, and this year, that tradition continues virtually. However, instead of movies, they will be broadcasting free music performances from Inuit artists on Facebook Live. Indigenous film […]
Adrian Sutherland reminds you to Respect the Gift in his upbeat second solo single following the release of four albums with his band, Midnight Shine. Sutherland says the new tune “is about using our ‘gifts’ for good, and not taking for granted the everyday freedoms and luxuries we have. There’s never been a more important […]
Do you know an Indigenous youth aged 13-25 with an interest in making music? Ila Barker launches season three of AIRSessions this month, which invite youth to Indigenous-led music workshops throughout 2021. AIRSessions is hosted in part by the National Arts Centre, sākihiwē festival, Indigenous Family Centre, Indigenous Music and Music for Life. To kick off […]
Indigenous hip hop artists are being recognized at a new award show this year. Get ready for The International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show, which brings together talent from across Turtle Island to honour great music made through nominations, awards and performances from the best in the business. You can have your say in who […]
One might not think of opera as having an Indigenous component, but the Canadian Opera Company wants to change that. The COC has launched a new podcast series called, “Key Change,” and it explores the opera-going experience from a variety of perspectives. Episode 5 features Composer in Residence, Ian Cusson, along with Metis writer and […]
If you grab a coffee at a McCafe this holiday season take a close look at the artwork on the cups. The imagery is designed by Toronto based artist Philip Cote III. Cote is an Indigenous elder from Moose Deer Point First Nation in Muskoka, Ontario, and a graduate of OCAD University’s Interdisciplinary Art Media […]
The pandemic has thrown everything through a loop, but the show must go on, which is exactly what’s happening with Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto. The event however, is shifting to an online platform because of COVID-19, from November 6th to the 29th. IFWTO is a fashion, craft and textiles festival presenting distinct and progressive Indigenous-made […]
We got a whole bunch of new music releases hitting the airwaves this week such as ELMNT FM’s very own Cody Coyote, The Weeknd, and Jaden with Justin Bieber, so let’s get started! Debwe First off this is Cody’s newest and latest track. The name of the song ‘Debwe’ means truth in Ojibwe, and the track […]
June 21st is marked on the calendar as National Indigenous Peoples Day, but for those of us who are Indigenous, we celebrate everyday. We celebrate the culture, the language, this history, and the beauty of our people. As an Indigenous woman, I have had quite the personal journey coming to be who I am, but […]
ELMNT FM · MOT – Roseanne Archibald & Mark Hill (May 21st, 2020) On tonight’s Moment of Truth at 7pm, I interview Six Nations Elected chief Mark Hill, his community now has no active cases of COVID-19 but every May they hold a large event that brings out thousands of people from the community and […]