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Contemporary Native American Music - Native Folk & Blues Rock. Native folk & blues rocker Keith Secola is an accomplished artist: award-winning musician, master guitarist and native flute player; singer, songwriter, composer and producer. His music is familiar to thousands of fans across North America and Europe, where he's been playing his brand of progressive music in concerts to a cult following for many years. Keith's famous song, "NDN Kars", is considered the contemporary Native American anthem and is the most requested song on Native radio in the US and Canada.
Ancestry: First Nations
Language: English
Genre: Acoustic, Folk
Albums
Awards, Nominations & Submissions
| 2006 | Best Folk / Acoustic CD | Native Americana | Winner |
Biography
"The human race, is the face of all people, different tongues, one heart." -- KEITH SECOLA --
Contemporary Native American Music - Native Folk & Blues Rock. Native folk & blues rocker Keith Secola is an accomplished artist: award-winning musician, master guitarist and native flute player; singer, songwriter, composer and producer. His music is familiar to thousands of fans across North America and Europe, where he's been playing his brand of progressive music in concerts to a cult following for many years. Keith's famous song, "NDN Kars", is considered the contemporary Native American anthem and is the most requested song on Native radio in the US and Canada.
Keith Secola and his Wild Band of Indians combine the thunderous sound of the Pow Wow drum and power chords with the elegance of finger picking and the echoes of Native American flute. The result is an "alter-native" sound with a progressive edge based around traditional native percussions, world beat and tribal dance.
Native Roots - Anishinabe. Keith Secola is Anishinabe (Ojibwe). His roots are in Couchiching, Ontario, where his mother was born and raised. He grew up in the Mesabi Iron Range country of northern Minnesota and now resides in Arizona. Keith is a member of the Anishinabe Nation of northern Minnesota and southern Ontario, Canada.
Keith Secola is a six-time Native American Music Awards winner receiving numerous Nammy nominations in various categories. Winner: Artist of the Year, Best Folk/Country Recording, Best Producer, Best Instrumental Recording, Best Blues/Jazz Recording, Best Independent Recording; with nominations for Songwriter of the Year, Record of the Year, Song/Single of the Year.
