Creatively Musical Artist of the Week for April 22, 2013

This week’s feature will be on all of the nominees for the Native American Music Awards being held on May 10 in Niagara Falls, New York.

Samples of all the nominees entries can be found at http://nativeamericanmusicawards.com. Click on each of the categories to listen to submitted entries.

Here is a list of nominees in each category (Source nativeamericanmusicawards.com):

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Gary Small & the Coyote Bros (Northern Cheyenne) – Hostiles & Renegades

Jana Mashonee (Lumbee) – Stay With Me Baby

Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida) – Lifegivers

Joseph FireCrow (Northern Cheyenne) – Night Walk

Tony Duncan (Apache Arikara, Hidatsa) – Earth Warrior

Tony Redhouse (Navajo) – Release

BEST BLUES RECORDING

Compilation – Marc Brown & The Blues Crew

Dancing In The Rain – Graywolf Blues Band (Yoeme Cherokee/Muskogee)

Sing It Louder – Cary Morin (Crow)

Songs Lived & Life Played – Murray Porter (Mohawk)

Soul Left Blind – Smokestack Lightning (Tohono O’odham)

Up From The Ashes – Mitch Walking Elk (Cheyenne/ Arapaho)

BEST COMPILATION RECORDING

A Tribute To Our Heros – Various Artists

Healing Winds – Various Artists

Native Circle Touch The Earth Festival – Various Artists

The Longest Walk: Reversing Diabetes –– Lorena Windfeather Navarez

The Meherrin-Chowanoke Project – Various Artists (Various)

Written In Blood – Various Artists

BEST COUNTRY RECORDING

Ali Fontaine – Ali Fontaine (Ojibway)

Do It Anyway – John McLeod (Cree)

Living For the Sunny Days – Jim Boyd (Colville)

Forever – C-Weed Band (Metis)

Still No Good The John Redcorn Experience – Graywolf Blues Band (Yoeme Cherokee/Muskogee)

The Foundation of Who I Am – Duster (Cowessess)

DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Emmanuel Black Bear (Lakota) – Memories

Lena Recollet (Odawa/Ojibway/Pottawatami) – I Am Woman, Kwe

Ryan Little Eagle Molina (Lakota) – Straight From The Heart

Sinuupa (Inuit) – Culture Shock

Smoke/ RedHeadz (Yanktonai Sioux) – Smoke Native Amerikaz Most Wanted

Terry Strongheart (Cherokee) – Tears

DEBUT DUO OR GROUP OF YEAR

Big River Cree (Plains Cree) – The Old Way

Dawa (Hopi/Tohono O’odham) – A Joyful Defiant Tone

Frank Waln & Cody Blackbird (Rosebud Sioux) – Hear My Cry

Honey Dawn Karima and Cloudwalker (Creek/Cherokee/Cree) – The Desire of Nations

Painted Raven (Cherokee/Choctaw) – Mirage

Polar Nation (Lenape/Cherokee) – Polar Nation

BEST FEMALE ARTIST

Ali Fontaine (Ojibway) – Ali Fontaine

Callie Benett (Navajo) – Glorify

Fawn Wood (Cree) – Iskewewak: Songs of Indigenous Womanhood

Kelly Jackson (Lac du Flambeau) – Spirit of a Woman

Radmilla Cody (Dine’) – Shi Keyah – Songs For The People

Terri-Lynn (Haida Nation) – New Journeys

BEST FOLK RECORDING

D.R.U.M. – Wind Spirit Drum (Mic Mac/Lenapa/Cherokee)

Michael Bucher – Michael Bucher (Cherokee)

One Shot – Josh Halverson (Mdewakanton Dakota)

Reach Within – Howard Lyons (Mohawk)

Spirit of a Woman – Kelly Jackson (Lac du Flambeau)

The She Wolf – Jimmy Lee Young (Maya)

FLUTIST OF THE YEAR

Bryson Meyers (Chippewa/Cree) – White Elk Music Sounds of Heavan & Earth

Douglas Blue Feather (Cherokee) – Flute Medicine

Joseph FireCrow (Northern Cheyenne) – Night Walk

Ryan Little Eagle Molina (Lakota) – Straight From The Heart

Terry Lee Whetstone (Cherokee) – Peace 2 Love

Tony Duncan (Apache Arikara, Hidatsa) – Earth Warrior

BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING

A’BA – Cheryl Bear (Dene/Nadleh Whut’em)

Glorify – Callie Benett (Navajo)

Rain Holy Spirit Rain – Yvonne St. Germaine (Cree)

Simple Things of Life – Stan Summers (Paiute/Miwok)

The Desire of Nations – Honey Dawn Karima and Cloudwalker (Creek/Cherokee/Cree)

On The Silent Night – Sayani (Cherokee)

GROUP OF THE YEAR

Big City Indians (Navajo) – Tuwa

Bluedog (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) – Just Living The Blues

Graywolf Blues Band (Yoeme Cherokee/Muskogee) – Dancing In The Rain

Nake Nula Waun (Rosebud Sioux) – The Definition

Pipestone (Ojibwe) – Tribute To The Old Timers

Tha Tribe (Various) – Warriors in the Mist

HISTORICAL/LINGUISTIC RECORDING

Celebrate – Kalan Wi (Salish)

Deers R Us – Deer Clan Singers (Tuscarora)

New Journeys – Terri-Lynn (Haida Nation)

Preserving The Heritage: Insights & Songs – Kevin Locke (Lakota/Anishinabe)

Spirit of a Woman – Kelly Jackson (Lac du Flambeau)

Tali – SilverWolf: AdelaunegvWaya (Cherokee)

BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING

Native Colors: Homeland Nation Soundtrack – Rickey Medlocke (Lakota/Choctaw)

North West Voyage – Metis Fiddler Quartet (Metis)

Open Your Heart – Mark ThunderWolf (Lakota/Eastern Band of Cherokee)

String Theory – Joseph Strider (Apache)

Tribal Fusion – Cal Silverfox (Apache)

Wind Dreamer – Jan Michael Looking Wolf (Grand Ronde)

BEST MALE ARTIST

Cheevers Toppah (Kiowa/Navajo) – True Melodies Harmonized Songs From The Heart of Native America

JJ Kent (Oglala Lakota) – Owayanka Wastelo

Jan Michael Looking Wolf (Grand Ronde) – Wind Dreamer

Jim Boyd (Colville) – Living For The Sunny Days

Terry Lee Whetstone (Cherokee) – Peace 2 Love

Wayne Silas Jr (Oneida) – True Round Dance Songs

BEST NEW AGE RECORDING

Among The Ancients – Rushingwind & Mucklow (Cahuilla)

Earth Songs – Douglas Blue Feather & Danny Voris (Cherokee)

Journey – Gvwi (Cherokee)

Medicine Crow & The Sandhill Band – Carroll Medicine Crow (Lenape/Cherokee) & Aki Red Bird

Release – Tony Redhouse (Navajo)

Walking From The Roots – Coyote Jump (Mescalero Apache)

BEST POP RECORDING

DEEP Soul Chants & Hollers – Mwalim DaPhunkeeProfessor (Mashpee Wampanoag)

Indian E – CC Murdock (Shoshone/Paiute)

Shawn Michael Perry & Only The Brave – Shawn Michael Perry (Salish/Myan)

Stay With Me Baby – Jana Mashonee (Lumbee)

Supernation – Vince Fontaine’s Indian City (Ojibway)

The Art of Peace – Michael Jacobs (Cherokee)

BEST POW WOW RECORDING

The Old Way – Big River Cree (Plains Cree)

Drum Boy – Mistikwaskihk Napesis – Northern Cree (various)

Horse Dance – Mistation Simoowin – Cree Confederation (Cree)

Memories – Emmanuel Black Bear (Lakota)

Tribute To The Old Timers – Pipestone (Ojibwe)

Warriors in the Mist – Tha Tribe (Various)

BEST PRODUCER

Francois Couture – Yahndawa’

Gabriel Yaiva– Written In Blood

John Avila – Shawn Michael Perry & Only The Brave

Kelly Parker – The Old Way

Peter Blackwell – Homeland Nation Soundtrack

Stefan Galfas – Stay With Me Baby

BEST RAP/HIP HOP RECORDING

Alienated – Chase Manhattan (Muscogee Creek/Leech Lake Ojibwe)

B of Dakota South Records – B of Dakota South Records (Yankton Sioux)

Love Me Down – Ralphael Deas (Apache)

Smoke Native Amerikaz Most Wanted – Smoke/RedHeadz (Yanktonai Sioux)

The Definition – Nake Nula Waun (Rosebud Sioux)

Trouble – Tha Native (San Manuel)

RECORD OF THE YEAR (Traditional & Contemporary)

Earth Warrior – Tony Duncan (Apache Arikara, Hidatsa)

Lifegivers – Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida)

Shi Keyah – Songs For The People – Radmilla Cody (Dine’)

Spirit of a Woman – Kelly Jackson (Lac du Flambeau)

Supernation – Vince Fontaine’s Indian City (Ojibway)

Tribute To The Old Timers – Pipestone (Ojibwe)

BEST ROCK RECORDING

A Joyful Defiant Tone – Dawa (Hopi/Tohono O’odham)

Find My Way – Saving Damsels (Navajo & Hopi)

Just Living The Blues – Bluedog (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate)

Forty Years – Original Xit Ox Boyz (Yazzie/Navajo)

The Joint Effect – The Joint Effect (Muscogee/Seminole/Cherokee)

Wrong Side of Salvation – Arcane Belief

SONG/SINGLE OF THE YEAR (Contemporary / Traditional)

Every Rez! – Johnny Oberly (Eastern Shashone)

God Bless The Whole World – Michael Jacobs (Cherokee

Hear My Cry – Frank Waln & Cody Blackbird (Rosebud Sioux)

Lac du Flambeau Reservation – Bobby Bullet (Lac du Flambeau)

Rez Bluez – Murray Porter (Mohawk)

Stay With Me Baby – Jana Mashonee (Lumbee)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Ali Fontaine (Ojibway) – Ali Fontaine

Cheryl Bear (Nadleh Whut’em) – A’BA

John McLeod (Cree) – Do It Anyway

Leon Skyhorse Thomas (Navajo) – Lost Tapes

Peter Sackaney (Constance Lake) – Where Love Belongs

Tash Terry & Elena Higgins (Navajo &Maori) – Grandmother Earth Grandfather Sky

BEST SPOKEN WORD RECORDING

6 Directions – Janet Rogers (Mohawk)

Got Your Back – Janet Rogers and Alex Jacobs (Mohawk)

I Am Woman, Kwe – Lena Recollect (Odawa/Ojibway/Pottawatami)

I Know This Man – The Sampson Bros (Seneca)

Long Long Ago – The Story Tellers (Abenaki)

Preserving The Hertiage: Insights & Songs – Kevin Locke (Lakota/Anishinabe)

BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO

A Tribute To Our Heros – CC Murdock

Do It Anyway – John McLeod (Cree)

Horses Thunder – Big City Indians

It’s About Time– Shane Yellowbird (Samson Cree)

Polar Nation – Polar Nation (Lenape/Cherokee)

Trouble – Tha Native (San Manuel)”

BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO

Desert Woman- Yolanda Martinez (Apache)

Frank Waln Common Man Nake Nula Waun – Randy Eriksen Films

Homeland Nation (Various) – Rickey Medlocke

Sacred Ground Extended – Michael Bucher (Cherokee)

The Making Of A Joyful Defiant Tone – Dawa (Hopi/Tohono O’odham)

Wicohan – Cody Blackbird (Cherokee)

BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING

Eastern Wind, Northern Lights – James Stephenson (Plains Cree)

Emotions – Randall Paskemin (Cree)

It’s A Love/Hate Thing – Dearly & Denny (Lakota Sioux/Menominee)

Shi Keyah – Songs For The People – Radmilla Cody (Dine’)

Tsionathonwisen – Akwesasne Women Singers (Mohawk)

Warfield Moose – Warfield Moose Jr (Lakota)

BEST WAILA RECORDING

In Loving Memory – T.O. Combo (Tohonor O’odham)

Chapter Four – Juanios Boys & Familia (Tohono O’odham)

Lesson 1 – Mumsigo Tribe (Tohono O’odham)

Musicians In Harmony – Gertie & The T.O. Boyz (Tohono O’odham)

With All Our Love…Catherine Conde – Carl & Buddies (Tohono O’odham)

BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING

Celebrate – Kalan Wi (Salish)

Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen – One Nation (Algonquin)

Hostiles & Renegades – Gary Small & the Coyote Bros (Northern Cheyenne)

Tuwa – Big City Indians (Navajo)

Written in Blood –Casper Loma Dawa/Various

Yahndawa’ – Andree Levesque Sioui, Akienda Laine, Franceis Couture (Huron)

NATIVE HEART

Michael Longrider – Endless Time

John Two Flutes Fields – Creekside

Scott Tweedie – Opening Sound

Steven Graves – Matter of Time

Sybille Hummingbird – Serenity

Terry Frazier – The Awakening