Two CD edition of this 2014 collection. Largely unheard, criminally undocumented, but at their core, utterly revolutionary, the recordings of the diverse North American Aboriginal community will finally take their rightful place in our collective history in the form of NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (VOL. 1): ABORIGINAL FOLK, ROCK, AND COUNTRY 1966-1985. An anthology of music that was once near-extinct and off-the-grid is now available for all to hear, in what is, without a doubt, Light in the Attic's most ambitious and historically significant project in the label's 12-year journey. NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (VOL. 1) features music from the Indigenous peoples of Canada and the northern United States, recorded in the turbulent decades between 1966 to 1985. It represents the fusion of shifting global popular culture and a reawakening of Aboriginal spirituality and expression. The majority of this material has been widely unavailable for decades, hindered by lack of distribution or industry support and by limited mass media coverage, until now. You'll hear Arctic garage rock from the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, melancholy Yup'ik folk from Alaska, and hushed country blues from the Wagmatcook First Nation reserve in Nova Scotia. You'll hear echoes of Neil Young, Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash, and more among the songs, but injected with Native consciousness, storytelling, poetry, history, and ceremony.

Tracklist:

Willie Dunn - I Pity the Country
John Angaiak - I'll Rock You to the Rhythm of the Ocean
Sugluk - Fall Away
Sikumiut - Sikumiut
Willie Thrasher - Spirit Child
Willy Mitchell - Call of the Moose
Lloyd Cheechoo - James Bay
Alexis Utatnaq - Maqaivvigivalauqtavut
Brian Davey - Dreams of Ways 1
Morley Loon - N'doheeno 1
Peter Frank - Little Feather 1
Ernest Monias - Tormented Soul 1
Eric Landry - Out of the Blue 1
David Campbell - Sky-Man and the Moon 1
Willie Dunn - Son of the Sun 1
Shingoose (Poetry By Duke Redbird) - Silver River 1
Willy Mitchell and Desert River Band - Kill'n Your Mind 1
Philippe McKenzie - Mistashipu 1
Willie Thrasher - Old Man Carver 2
Lloyd Cheechoo - Winds of Change 2
The Chieftones (Canada's All Indian Band) - I Shouldn't Have Did What I Done 2
Sugluk - I Didn't Know 2
Lawrence Martin - I Got My Music 2
Gordon Dick - Siwash Rock 2
Willy Mitchell and Desert River Band - Birchbark Letter 2
William Tagoona - Anaanaga 2
Leland Bell - Messenger 2
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys - Modern Rock 2
Willie Thrasher - We Got to Take You Higher 3
Sikumiut - Utirumavunga 3
Sugluk - Ajuinnarasuarsunga 3
John Angaiak - Hey 3
Hey 3
Hey 3
Brother 3
Groupe Folklorique Montagnais - Tshekuan Mak Tshetutamak 3
Willie Dunn (Featuring Jerry Saddleback) - Peruvian Dream (Part 2)

UPC: 826853010320
Label: Light In The Attic
Release Date: 4.16.21
Format: CD

Native North America 1 Aboriginal Folk Rock / Var - Native North America Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985 (CD)