Thursday, February 27, 2020 – Music Maker: Alex FireThunder

February 27, 2020 By Art Hughes

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Oglala Lakota language teacher Alex FireThunder understands the power of Indigenous words. His album “Love for the Land” is a chapter in the language revitalization movement that puts his Lakota language at the heart of his creativity and compositions. Our February Music Maker unpacks his musical influences and cultural inspirations which are making this album come to life.

Break 1 music: Wačhíŋkȟo Čhaŋkú (song) Alex Firethunder (artist) Love for the Land (album)

Break 2 music: Smoke Dance One (feat. Frazer Sundown) (song) DJ Shub (artist) PowWowStep EP (album)

Comments

Terry Rider says

February 26, 2020 at 7:05 pm

Evening where can we find Fire thunders CD “s?
- Art Hughes says
  
  March 3, 2020 at 9:57 am
  
  Try the site CDBaby.com: https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/AlexFirethunder

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