Building a Fire: Tha Tribe and "Cold Winter Nights"

A happy anniversary to my wife and Global Music host partner, Megan Kamerick! Our random tune for today is bemoaning something we all can look forward to in about three months, Cold Winter Nights. It is performed by Tha Tribe, a Kansas-based Native American group that extends the boundaries of pow-wow music by uniting the tradition with modern hip-hop style and sensibility, and excellent singing and drumming. Rez humor meets urban culture, giving us a glimpse of one of the potential futures of Native American music. Cold Winter Nights features singer Arianne Sheka, and can be found on their 2008 album Tha Quiet Storm - Round Dance Songs.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

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Summer Chill: Tha Tribe and "Cold Winter Nights"

We want to wait awhile for the subject of this random song for today. Cold Winter Nights is by Tha Tribe, a Native American band that records songs where reservation (rez) humor meets urban culture, giving us a glimpse of the future of Native American culture. I can't find much information on Tha Tribe or their featured singer Arianne Sheka. Cold Winter Nights can be found on Tha Tribe's 2008 album Tha Quiet Storm: Round Dance Songs.