Oshkii Giizhik Singers – KEEP UNLISTED

Опубликовано 10 марта 2023, 3:00

Oshkii Giizhik Singers (OGS) are a group of women from the Fond du Lac/Duluth area Native American community who sing traditional and contemporary Anishinaabe songs while hand drumming. OGS were founded in 2006 and have recorded three albums, the first of which, “It is a New Day” was awarded a Native American Music Award for best traditional recording in 2009. The group roster has had over 50 different singers over the 16 years OGS has been together with the average number of singers on a given date being anywhere from 4 to 8.

Watch their performance of "Gizaagi’igonan (made by Ojibwe elder women)," recorded live at The Current's Emerging Artists Showcase at the Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth, Minn., on Dec. 3, 2022.

You can watch their full performance here: thecurrent.org/feature/2023/03...

Musicians:
Oshkii Giizhik Singers

Credits:
Producer – Maria Isley
Video – Evan Clark
Camera Operators – Khayman Goodsky, Evan Clark
Audio – Derek Ramirez
Graphics – Natalia Toledo
Digital Producer – Luke Taylor

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