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A Tribe Called Red
A Tribe Called Red
Blending traditional culture with club beats, the Ottawa DJ trio has gained international recognition for creating dance music with a message. They’ve popularized the pow-wow step, won several Juno nominations and played festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo and Osheaga.
The melody of a song is usually the most important part and it's what people remember and sing.
As you listen to Stadium Pow Wow, concentrate on listening to the melody and write down some of your impressions.
How does the melody make you feel?
What makes the melody easy to remember?
What patterns do you notice in the melody?
Leela Gilday
Leela Gilday
Leela Gilday is a Dene-Canadian singer/songwriter born and raised in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She has a degree in vocal performance the University of Alberta. Today she is known as a passionate singer/songwriter and soulful performer who has received several Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and Juno Awards.
Leela sings about identity, death, love and life from the contemporary Aboriginal perspective. Her song, ONE DRUM, speaks of the power of the drum, how it can unit people and how it can empower us to march together, to work together for a better world.
Drums have played a vital role in Aboriginal life in Canada and around the world. No two drums are the same - each has its own distinctive structure, spirit, and life based on both the culture in which it was made and the hands of the one who made it. The drum is not just a music-maker, but a voice for the soul within the music.
Concentrate on the melody of the song's refrain.
Does the melody have small jumps, large jumps (intervals) or mostly step-wise motion?
What makes the melody easy to learn and sing?
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