Aboriginal Music Week aims to expand fan base by growing youth audience – CBC
Aug 19, 2015
10 to watch at Aboriginal Music Week
Aboriginal Music Week kicked off in Winnipeg yesterday. This is the seventh year for the annual festival that draws Indigenous musicians from across North America, New Zealand and Australia to the centre of Indigenous music in Canada.
“The main goal of Aboriginal Music Week is to develop aboriginal youth as an audience for live music,” says chairperson Alan Greyeyes.
In past years the festival has brought in acts like A Tribe Called Red, Derek Miller, Digging Roots, Cris Derksen and Kinnie Starr.
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