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DD Podcast
by Digital Drum
The DD Podcast takes you behind the beats with Canada's best-known and fastest-rising Indigenous artists.
Episodes
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Beyond The Mic: Iskwé
We've featured her in our DD Spotlight series, we've grilled her in our Behind The Beats blog series and we've joined her in the studio for DD Studio Sessions. Now we're giving you a glimpse of her life outside of music. On this week's series finale of Beyond The Mic, we catch up with one of our...
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Beyond The Mic: Dave Boulanger
Manitoba's Dave Boulanger may best be known as the award-winning front man of Burnt-Project 1, but accolades are the furthest thing from his mind. (Just ask his Juno, which currently serves as a paperweight on his mother's desk.) Whether he's writing music, painting on canvas or making drums…
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Beyond The Mic: Bebe Buckskin
You may know Alberta rocker Bebe Buckskin for her raw vocals, authentic vibe and delightful fusion of genres. But did you know she's dabbled in theatre? Or that she used to barrel race at local rodeos? On the latest episode of Beyond The Mic, Bebe talks about growing up on a Metis settlement, her...
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Beyond The Mic: Crystle Lightning
On last week's edition of Beyond The Mic you met MC RedCloud, one half of the power couple behind California hip-hop duo Lightning Cloud. This week we introduce you to the other better half, Crystle Lightning. In addition to her mad rap skills, Crystle is an actress, a DJ, a bartender and a...
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Beyond The Mic: MC RedCloud
Eighteen hours, one minute and fourteen seconds. That's how long California's MC RedCloud once rapped to break the Guinness World Record for longest freestyle. But music is just the beginning. In addition to spitting bars, RedCloud is a father, a visual artist and one half of hip-hop duo…
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Beyond The Mic: Celeigh Cardinal
With a slew of award nominations for her debut album, Everything and Nothing At All (2017), there's no doubt Métis singer/songwriter Celeigh Cardinal has a bright future ahead of her. But in addition to her budding music career, she also co-hosts her own podcast, runs a non-profit organization…
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Beyond The Mic: Brendt Thomas Diabo
From his blue-collar upbringing on the Kahnawake reserve to the brights lights of L.A. to the heart of Toronto's arts scene, Mohawk artist Brendt Thomas Diabo has been on quite the journey. But even though he's best known for his signature blend of roots, rock and old-time country, there's more…
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Beyond The Mic: Desiree Dorion
At 19 years old, the daily injustices that Desiree Dorion saw as a social worker inspired her to pursue a career in family law. Today, she works as an attorney in rural Manitoba and defends parents whose children are being taken away. But between cases, travel and motherhood, Desiree still…
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Beyond The Mic: MJ Dandeneau
Whether it's on stage, in the studio, or behind the scenes, Winnipeg super bassist MJ Dandeneau is one of the hardest working artists on Canada's Indigenous music scene. In addition to touring with the likes of Xavier Rudd, The Good Lovelies, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Leela Gilday and Digging Roots,...
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Beyond The Mic: Adrian Sutherland
Attawapiskat is a remote Northern community on the west coast of James Bay, population: 1,549. It's also the home of Midnight Shine frontman Adrian Sutherland. Despite the logistical difficulties of carving out a career in music, Adrian and the band have released three albums, reached No. 1 on…
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Beyond The Mic: Tanaya Winder
There may only be 24 hours in a day, but don't tell Tanaya Winder. In addition to her flourishing poetry career, she's a professor, a motivational speaker, a vocalist, an entrepreneur and the founder of Dream Warriors, an Indigenous artist collective. And through it all, she's on a mission to...
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Beyond The Mic: Joey Stylez
Last year, the DD Podcast brought you brand new music from 12 of today's hottest Indigenous artists in our First Listen Fridays series. Now we're back with 12 new artists and a brand new series called Beyond The Mic. Instead of introducing new tracks, we dive a bit deeper and chat with our…
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First Listen Fridays: Kristi Lane Sinclair
Over the past three months, we've introduced you to brand new music from some of the top Indigenous artists across Canada. From up-and-comers like Skyler and Snotty Nose Rez Kids to more established musicians like JB The First Lady and Christa Couture, the scene is bursting with talent and the...
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First Listen Fridays: Skyler
A big reason we launched the DD Podcast was to share new music from Canada's next wave of Indigenous artists. An even bigger reason was to share their stories. This week, we introduce you to Skyler, an Ojibwe-German rapper from Sandy Bay, Manitoba. After his parents passed away, he bounced around...
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First Listen Fridays: Beyond Hope
You know that feeling when you're sitting on a secret that you just can't wait to share with the world? Anxiety. Excitement. Anticipation. For the past few weeks, that's been us. Finally, on this week's brand new edition of First Listen Fridays, we have the privilege of introducing you to Sierra...
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First Listen Fridays: Christa Couture
Time truly does fly when you're having fun. The days are getting shorter, stores are stocking up for Halloween (it seems to get earlier every year!), and we're already up to Episode 9 of First Listen Fridays. This week we're thrilled to share our interview with Toronto-based singer-songwriter...
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First Listen Fridays: Nelson Tagoona
You may have heard beat boxing, but you've never heard beat boxing like this. On this episode of First Listen Fridays, you'll meet Nunavut's Nelson Tagoona, the pioneer of a distinct and dynamic art form called throat boxing. Fusing elements of traditional Inuit throat singing and live looping…
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First Listen Fridays: Cody Coyote
The DD Podcast is back with another First Listen Friday, and this week you're in for a treat. We were first introduced to Cody Purcell (aka Cody Coyote) a few years ago, and connected with him for a 20 Questions interview in 2016. As we quickly learned, there's a lot more to Cody than his music....
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First Listen Fridays: JB The First Lady
Welcome to another First Listen Friday, music fans! If you've been following our podcast for the past five weeks, you've heard in-depth interviews and hot new tracks from Shawnee, Sister Says, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Ghostkeeper and Kelly Fraser. Today we hit the midpoint of our First Listen…
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First Listen Fridays: Kelly Fraser
Another Friday, another First Listen! This week, we turn our microphone to the North and interview Nunavut pop artist Kelly Fraser. Hailing from a small community of 1,000 people, Kelly first gained recognition back in 2013 when her Inuktitut version of Rihanna's Diamonds went viral (239,000…
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First Listen Fridays: Ghostkeeper
We're now four episodes deep in First Listen Fridays, and we want to thank you all for checking it out. It's been such a privilege sharing unheard tracks (and the stories behind them) from Shawnee, Sister Says and the Snotty Nose Rez Kids ft. Hellnback. This week we go a little more experimental…
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First Listen Fridays: Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Welcome to the third episode of First Listen Fridays! This week we're back with a track from Haisla hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids. With their brand new mixtape right around the corner, MCs Yung Trybez (aka Zazaxsmalis) and Young D (aka Darren Metz) talk to us about making music, life on the…
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First Listen Fridays: Sister Says
Welcome to the second episode of First Listen Fridays! We hope you enjoyed last week's premiere featuring Shawnee and her brand new track, Warrior Heart. This week we're back with Vancouver's soulful indie group, Sister Says. Fronted by sibling duo Gillian and Rob Thomson, they collaborated with...
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First Listen Fridays: Shawnee
Welcome to the premiere episode of First Listen Fridays! Over the next 12 Fridays, we'll be dropping exclusive first listens and chatting about all things music with a dozen of today's hottest Indigenous artists. This week, we're stoked to share with you Shawnee's brand new single, Warrior Heart....
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The DD Podcast takes you behind the beats with Canada's best-known and fastest-rising Indigenous artists.
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Digital Drum
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The DD Podcast takes you behind the beats with Canada's best-known and fastest-rising Indigenous artists.
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DD Podcast is created and hosted by Digital Drum.
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