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The heartbeat of powwow/round dance drums and the melodies of wooden end-blown flutes have woven into a magnificent tapestry that includes Indigenous rock, blues, pop. jazz, country music, punk, classical, opera, hip-hop, rap, and electronica music. Picking up where my book, Heartbeat, Warble, and the Electronic Powwow (University of Oklahoma Press, 2014) left off, Rise Up brings together the autobiographical reflections of Native American Music Awards (NAMMY), Juno, Grammy, and Polaris Prize winners between 2015 and 2020. The genre’s top artists not only discuss their music but also their memories, heritage, day-to-day lives, and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The very first volume about Native artists working commercially today, Rise Up presents artists speaking for themselves without being filtered through a stereotypical lens. Indigenous communities have been calling for self‐determination in self‐representation in their craft. Rise Up answers that call.
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Craig Harris, M. Ed., is a master percussionist, educator, historian, author, photographer, and the host of a popular weekly radio show (bluegrasscountry.org). His fourth book, Bluegrass, Newgrass, Old-time and Americana Music (Pelican, 2018). He’s also the author of The Band: Pioneers of Americana Music (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014,reviseds 017), Heartbeat, Warble, and the Electric Powwow (University of Oklahoma Press, 2016), The New Folk Music (White Cliffs Media, 1993), and the forthcoming Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music, written with Max Baca (Los TexManiacs) (University of New Mexico Press, Spring 2021).
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Since 1971, Harris’ reviews, articles, and photographs have appeared in countless newspapers, magazines, and websites. Harris has played with C.J. Chenier, Greg Brown, Jonathan Edwards, Rod MacDonald, Los Texmaniacs, Melanie, Merl Saunders, and Rick Danko. He currently plays with an Americana group (Two Days Jeans) and a global spirit ensemble (the Gaea Star Band), with whom he’s co-hosted a syndicated live music radio show since 2014. After teaching music in public/charter schools for a quarter of a century, Harris launched Drum Away the Blues in 2009. He’s also presented programs on Amerindian music, America’s musical roots, Woodstock’s 50th anniversary, and the birth of rock and roll.
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- Orginal LanguageEnglish
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- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
