It excites people : First Nations artists give beadwork a modern twist
The longstanding tradition of beadwork is taking on a new twist among young First Nations artists who ve developed a long string of social media followers, in turn driving their businesses. These three Ontario artists speak about how they got started and the intricacies of their work.
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Social media, pop culture treatment of beading help resurgence of craft that s still steeped in history
Posted: Apr 04, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 4
Rebecca Doxtator, owner of Otsitsidesigns in London, Ont., is among a new generation of Indigenous beadwork artists who ve combined tradition with novel ways to create works of art. (Submitted by Rebecca Doxtator)
How Speed Stick Shot From Experimental Rock to Its Startlingly Poppy Debut Album
Speed Stick
At first blush,
Volume One sounds like the kind of what-the-hell project that droves of cooped-up musicians have been doing since March: Record 10 double-drummer tracks, send them out to friends to finish, and then wrestle the results into an album.
But the road leading to Carrboro supergroup Speed Stickâs debut, released last week by New Jerseyâs Don Giovanni Records, was longer and more unique than that. With a group featuring members of Bat Fangs, The Love Language, Polvo, and The Paul Swest, plus contributors as august as Superchunkâs Mac McCaughan and The Breedersâ Kelley Deal, a spirit of merry contradiction reigns on
Waxahatchee –
‘Saint Cloud’. Katie Crutchfield just gets better and better, changing themes, transforming, shining brighter, becoming brilliant. While far from country, it is an album in the grip of the genre, produced with warmth, texture and subtlety.
‘Lilacs’ uses a guitar sound reminiscent of Reggie Young on
‘Suspicious Minds’. ‘Can’t Do Much’, possibly the standout track, sounds like The Cranberries one moment and gentle Creedence in presence the next. Great voice, great tunes and the record
Waxahatchee will always have to try to beat.
S.G. Goodman – ‘Old Time Feeling’. The warmest reverb guitar opens
‘Space in Time’ before Goodman’s bold voice bursts out introducing this debut album. Three songs in and we’ve heard doo wop, rock n roll and country. It’s alt country at its core, but explores so much more. Learning to sing in church, she turned to Jim James to produce and proclaims – from a left wing, gay perspective – the social i
Top 10 country, folk, and Americana albums of 2020 Stuart Munro
“LOGAN LEDGER” Logan Ledger
Every year there’s one, it seems, one that comes out of nowhere to grab hold of you and shake you until you’re giddy. This year, Logan Ledger’s self-titled debut, a hooky, twangy clutch of Orbison-channeling country noir, was the one.
“PAULINE” Ashley Ray
On this fierce collection of gutbucket country, Ashley Ray tells stories with unapologetic candor about herself and her people, from her Kansas beginnings (“Pauline” is her grandmother) to the time she put in waiting tables and a break once she decamped to Nashville 18 years ago.