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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