Medicine Singers Medicine Singers

"It's an album that will no doubt inspire the creation ofnew bands and artists, a collection of songs that recordstore employees will recommend to unsuspecting kidslooking for something out of the mainstream, and whoare ready to have their minds warped." - Flood"Medicine Singers push powwow music into the avantgarde" - The FaderThe debut album by Medicine Singers is a genre-smashingkaleidoscope of sound combining traditional powwow musicwith elements of psychedelic punk, spiritual jazz, andelectronics in a stunning blend. Building on years ofcollaboration between Yonatan Gat and Eastern Algonquinpowwow group Eastern Medicine Singers, the albumfeatures contributions from an all-star cast including jaimiebranch, Laraaji, Ikue Mori, Thor Harris (Swans), JoeRainey, and Ryan Olson (Gayngs)."I look at it like this, everybody is my brother and sister, nomatter where they come from," says Medicine Singersleader Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson. "If their culture or musicis different, I want to learn about it, and I want to play withthem. I think it's our responsibility as artists to show the worldthat life is not about war and hate. Life is about music, peace,and culture. We need to communicate with people of differentcultures and backgrounds. We need to show people how wecan work together and make something beautiful."One Dollar of each Medicine Singers album sale goes to thePocasset Pocanoket Land Trust.