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RPM Podcast #004: “New Traditional”

From: Lynn Booth
Series: The RPM Podcast
Length: 21:25

In our fourth episode, RPM looks at New Traditional, beginning with the question: What is it? And how can something be new and traditional at the same time? Read the full description.

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Playing: RPM Podcast #004: “New Traditional”
From: Lynn Booth

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Perhaps it is music made new today but in a traditional style, perhaps it is any music that comes from our people.

Ostwelve talked with two giants in the field of New Traditional music - Jennifer Kreisberg, a Tuscarora artist from the groundbreaking all-female drum group Ulali and Lil’wat musician and composer Russell Wallace, one of the first Indigenous artists to experiment with samples of traditional music – to get their take.

Representing the East and West Coasts of Turtle Island, Jennifer and Russell offer many insightful – and a few differing – views on the subject.

Get more artists and music with our YouTube Playlist: New Traditional.

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Piece Description

Perhaps it is music made new today but in a traditional style, perhaps it is any music that comes from our people.

Ostwelve talked with two giants in the field of New Traditional music - Jennifer Kreisberg, a Tuscarora artist from the groundbreaking all-female drum group Ulali and Lil’wat musician and composer Russell Wallace, one of the first Indigenous artists to experiment with samples of traditional music – to get their take.

Representing the East and West Coasts of Turtle Island, Jennifer and Russell offer many insightful – and a few differing – views on the subject.

Get more artists and music with our YouTube Playlist: New Traditional.

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
RPM Theme Music	Paolo Pietropaolo	n/a.	n/a	2011	00:24
All My Relations	Ulali	Mahk Jchi .	Corn, Beans & Squash Records	1994	00:39
Longhouse	Young Jibwe	n/a.	n/a	2011	00:50
Beat 2	Young Jibwe	n/a.	n/a	2011	37:00
Here We Come	No-1	Kreuzberg EP.	we make with	2007	00:14
Misty Mountain	Jennifer Kreisberg	Boulder.	Independent	2008	02:59
Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)	Ulali	Music for the Native Americans.	Capitol Records	1994	04:09
Wah Jhi Le Yihm	Ulali	Mahk Jchi .	Corn, Beans & Squash Records	1994	01:18
Eagle Song	Russell Wallace	Neo-Nativisms.	Red Planet	2010	02:53
Cage Remix	Russell Wallace	Neo-Nativisms.	Red Planet	2010	01:25
The Road Forward	Jennifer Kreisberg	The Road Forward.	Red Diva Projects	2010	06:13