Co-founded all-Native American rock group Redbone
By VARIETY STAFF
Guitarist and vocalist Lolly Vegas, co-founder of the all-Native American rock group Redbone, died March 4 in Reseda, Calif. He was 70 and had been battling cancer for several years, band spokesman Joe Ortiz told Reuters.

Posted on March 7th, 2010 by hunwut
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In 1995, a benefit album to raise funds to fight the allegedly wrongful imprisonment of convicted murderer Leonard Peltier was supposed to come out on Columbia. The record– dubbed Exiled in the Land of the Free– was to feature feature rare, live, and unreleased tracks from Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Superchunk, Mike Watt, [...]

Posted on March 5th, 2010 by hunwut
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Feb. 17 & 18, 2010 8 to 12 PM
Live in the Cabaret Lounge
No Cover Charge

Posted on January 18th, 2010 by hunwut
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Tony Bellamy, guitarist and singer for the 1970s band Redbone — best known for its 1974 Top 5 smash ‘Come and Get Your Love’ — died on Christmas morning in a Las Vegas hospital. According to Blurt, the 69-year-old musician — born Anthony Avila — succumbed to liver failure.

Posted on January 5th, 2010 by hunwut
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SING BIRDS: FOLLOWING THE PATH OF CAHUILLA POWER
Join Us for the first On - Reservation film screening of
Sing Birds: Following the Path of Cahuilla Power
Followed by a Panel Discussion and Bird Singing

Posted on August 11th, 2009 by hunwut
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By GAIL WESSON, The Press-Enterprise
Filmmaker Sean Owen had not heard Cahuilla bird songs before he began work on a documentary about a Cahuilla Indian performance artist who lives near Anza and sings the traditional social songs of Native Americans in Southern California.
After he finished that film in 2006, captivated by the songs, he decided to [...]

Posted on July 10th, 2009 by hunwut
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For the first time Cultural volunteers from the following tribes,
Cahuilla , Mojave and Kumeyaay are coming together in the Purpose of Sharing, Educating and Rediscovering the true Meaning and Purpose of the Bird Dance.
Location : The Morongo Community Center
1300 Fields Road Banning Ca, 92220
When : Saturday, June 20th 2009
Contact info : Phone 760-534-# 2790 Email [...]

Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by hunwut
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Famed Native American actor complements film success of ‘Smoke Signals, Dead Man’ with harmonica
By Staff reports
SANTA FE, N.M. – Art takes many forms; so does the career of Gary Farmer. He began in music, took a turn to acting, publishing, production of television and radio, and recently adopted a renewed fervor for music.
A youngster in [...]

Posted on May 5th, 2009 by hunwut
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Dorothy Ramon Learning Center to offer American Indian Music Workshops at downtown Banning’s Art Hop April 25
BANNING - At Banning’s annual downtown Art Hop on Saturday (April 25), people can learn the art of making and playing traditional musical instruments from Native American cultures. They also can learn about Southern California cultures, stories, and songs [...]

Posted on April 20th, 2009 by hunwut
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BY DARIN FENGER, SUN STAFF WRITER
The story of how O’odam Indian villages took the music of European immigrants and created a tradition all their own will soon by told to the world, thanks to a Quechan filmmaker fascinated with “chicken scratch.”
Daniel Golding, who specializes in making documentaries about tribal culture, says felt it was his [...]

Posted on April 10th, 2009 by hunwut
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