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Tobias Grant recently spoke with Joey Stylez about his Black Star Album, his expericne shooting his first music video and starting his clothing line. For more information about Joey Stylez or to download his album log-on to his website at  www.joeystylezmusic.com. Or follow him on his social networking sites facebook and myspace. (Click on the links to his pages.) 

"Kool Running" (The BlackStar)

"We Get This" (The BlacksStar)

"Indian Outlaw" (The BlackStar)

Interview with Joey

Lincoln, NE -- On this edition of Native Sounds-Native Voices (NS-NV) co-hosts Aden (Sioux) and Alex dedicated Traditional Native American Honor songs to all Veterans on Veterans Day. This November NS-NV features Native American drum groups singing honor songs. Native Americans take pride in serving in the military because they are defending their Native Homelands just like young Native warriors have done since the beginning of Native culture. NS-NV wants to honor those men and women with Honor songs by drum groups like Elk Soldier, Omaha Whitetail and Blacklodge.

For more information about Native Americans serving in the military check out the DVD’s “Choctaw Code Talkers” and “Way of the Warrior” from VISIONMAKER.org and also view trailers from these DVD’s. Don’t forget to listen to the live broadcast of NS-NV every Thursday morning from 8-10 am CT on 89.3 in Lincoln, NE, and on the web at KZUM.org and AIROS.org.

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"Warrior's Last Breath" (Warrior's Last Breath) Mike Serna
"For Those Who Have Gone Away" (My Hear and Soul) Randy Wood
"A Solider's Dream" (A Solider's Dream) Elk Soldier
"Over Tokyo and Berlin" (Tappin the Earth Backbone) Jack Gladstone
"Omaha Flag Song & Veteran's Song" (Live at Red Earth) Omaha Whitetail
"American (Lakota) Flag Song" (American Warriors: Songs for Indian Veterans) Fort Kipp Sioux Singers
"Honoring Those That Returned" (Veteran's Honor Songs) Blacklodge
"Victory Dance" (Straight Up Northern) Black Eagle
"Ponca Veteran Song" (Gathering of Nation's Southern Drum Champion) Yellow Jacket
"Veteran's Honor Song" (For All Eternity) Todi Neesh Zhee Singers

Lincoln, NE--On this edition of Native Sounds Native voices co-hosts Aden (Sioux) and Alex feature Native American Folk Stories. Every year when the first snow fall comes, NSNV breaks out the hot cocoa and a lot of Native folk stories. Elizabeth Hill is a Native American from the Mohawk Nation and begins this playlist with her story titled “Buffalo Mountain” from the CD (Legends: I Am an Eagle). This CD is full of Native American Folk stories from Indian country. NSNV will feature stories from this album throughout the winter season so, if you missed this show there is plenty of time to catch more stories on the AIROS Native Network. Check out the live stream schedule for times when Native folk stories will air.

Also listen to the live broadcast of NSNV every Thursday morning from 8-10 a.m. CT on 89.3 FM in Lincoln, NE, or on the web at KZUM.org and AIROS.org.

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"Buffalo Mountain" (Legends: I Am an Eagle) Elizabeth Hill
"The Story Teller" (Desert Breeze) Alex Maldonado
"Spirit Defenders of Nikwasi" (Cherokee Warrior Stories) Gregg Howard
"Flute Forest" (People of Peace) R. Carlos Nakai Quartet
"Coyote" (Echoes of the Night) Gerard R. Tsonakwa
"Coyote Falls in Love" (Legends: I am an Eagle) Gloria Eshkibok
"Step By Step" (A New Light of Day) Harrison Begay
"Deer and the Rabbit/ The Trade" (Seminole Fire: Legends and Stories) Jim Billie
"Hand Games" (Midnight Strong Heart) Kevin Locke
"The Story of Brings the Deer" (The Lakota Way) Joseph M. Marshall lll

Lincoln, NE -- Every year when the fist snow falls, elders tell stories about coyote, trickster and how the world was created. This year NSNV will feature stories like these all winter long. NSNV co-hosts Aden (Sioux) and Alex feature a playlist with stories from Indian Country. They kicked off the show with “Stick Game, Coyote Story” by Jim Boyd. AIROS Native Network will be featuring Native American Folk stories all winter long. Check out the live stream schedule page on AIROS.org.

If you missed this show, be sure to tune in every Thursday morning on 89.3 FM in Lincoln, NE, and on the web at KZUM.org and AIROS.org from 8-10 a.m. CT. To find more information about stick games, like the story by Jim Boyd, log-on to VISIONMAKER.org and check out the documentary titled “Hand Game” also, watch a trailer about “Hand Game.”

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"Mother's Rain" (Edge of America) Annie Humphrey
"Stick Game Coyote Story" (Going to the Stick Games) Jim Boyd
"As We Are" (Full Circle) Conrad Bigknife
"My Brave Soldier Boy" (Red Beads) Joseph Fire Crow
"Standing by the River" (20 Aboriginal Hits) Ernest Monias
"Ethan's Revenge" (A Film About the People Around You) Cradlesong
"My Heart Drops, But I'm Proud" (Jim Boyd) Jim Boyd
"How the Snake Got His Skin" (All My Relations) Grandmother Kitty
"Spirit Horses" (The Heron Smiled) Annie Humphrey
"Skinwalker's Moon" (Music From A Painted Cave) Robert Mirabal

Lincoln, NE - On this edition of Native Sounds Native Voices (NSNV) special guest host Sina Bear Eagle (Lakota) and Alex put on a cool Native Country Show. Natives and country music go hand and hand--I mean, visit any Native American Reservation and what will you see? You will see Natives wearing cowboy hats and playing very loud country music on the jukebox.

This playlist does not have any country songs that can be found on the local radio, nope, this is country music NSNV style. Sina and Alex feature Native country legend Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Hank Williams Sr. and other Native country songs. If you missed the show, check out this cool country playlist or listen to the live broadcast of NSNV every Thursday morning from 8-10 a.m. CT. Log-on to www.KZUM.org and www.AIROS.org. Or if you’re in Lincoln, NE, tune the radio dial to 89.3 FM KZUM.

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“Ghost Dancing” (Inside My Secret Pocket) Eddy Lawrence
“Pow-wow Woman” (Black Hills Dreamer) Buddy Red Bow
“The Red Road” (The Red Road) Arigon Starr
"There's a Tear in My Beer" (Their Greatest Hits) Hank Williams Sr.
"I Still Miss Some One" (A Tribute to Johnny Cash) Floyd Red Crow Westerman
"As Long As the Grass Shall Grow" (Bitter Tears Sacred Ground) Joanne Shenandoah and Michael Bucher
"This Land" (Native Americana A Coup Stick) Keith Secola
"Earth and Sky" (Untitled Upcoming Album) Scotti Cliff
"I Hurt Too" (Stand Up) Bruce Bell
"She's Crying" (Skin Tight Blues) Blues Nation
"Georgia Pines" (Guitar Preacher) Link Wray
"Little Boy Blue" (Roughin It) The Rough and Ready Billy Joe Green Band
"Wounded Knee" (Thunderhand Joe and the Medicine Show)Thunderhand Joe and the Medicine Show

Lincoln, NE -- On this edition of Native Sounds Native Voices (NSNV) co-hosts Sina Bear Eagle (Lakota) and Alex put on a great Native Blues Show. Sina is a past co-host of NSNV and is presently working at the offices of NAPT.  She and Alex enjoy playing music on NSNV and on this playlist they included awesome Native blues songs. Where else can listeners hear the fantastic music of XIT, Buddy Red Bow and John Trudell? Listeners can only hear it on NSNV unless someone has a secret stash of Native music hidden in a time capsule somewhere.

Tune into the live broadcast of NSNV every Thursday morning from 8-10 a.m. CT. Listen to NSNV on the web at www.KZUM.org and www.AIROS.org.

*Tobias Grant

“What if I was” (The Stu Mclean Band) The Stu Mclean Band
“Little by Little” (No Lies) Curtis Cardinal
“Road Buddy” (Smoke Signals) Dar Williams
“Baby Doll Blues” (Johnny Damas and Me) John Trudell
“East Fork Song” (Leavin’ This Reservation) Johnny Curtis
“Tail Dragger” (Tail Dragger) Jimmy Wolf
“Wild Indians” (Wild Indians) The Gary Small Band
“Love Me Strong” (Freedom) Chester Knight and the Wind
“Riding Song” (Relocation) XIT
“Wa Swa Gon Song” (Ain’t No Simple Thing) Mitch Walking Elk
“Going Home” (Native Americana- Coup Stick) Keith Secola

Gary Farmer is of the Cayuga nation and Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy. He co-starred in the Native films "Pow-wow Highway" and "Smoke Signals". He also co-starred with Johnny Depp in the independent film "Dead Man". Gary is also musically-inclined and formed a blues band called "Gary Farmer and the TroubleMakers".

Gary and his band were in Lincoln, NE for a performance and he stopped by the offices of NAPT to talk with Brendan McCauley (Project Coordinator). They talk about how the blues influenced Gary musically, his acting career and his experience in Native media.

For more information about Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers log-on to their myspace page. AIROS top 5 picks from Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers.

"Make a Change" (Make a Change)
"Troublemaker" (Make a Change)
"Built For Comfort" (Album Unknown)
"This Is Hip" (Album Unknown)

Interview with Gary | Gary Farmer's Myspace Page | Gary Farmer and The Troublemaker's MySpace Page | Native Sounds Podcast Page

Lincoln, NE - On this edition of Native Sounds-Native Voices (NS-NV) co-hosts Aden (Sioux) and Alex continue their Native Folk Rock Show. They kicked off this edition with actress and Grammy-winner Joanne Shenandoah. She is from the Iroquois Nation and has won a multitude of awards.

Among Ms. Shenandoah, Aden and Alex included Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Jack Gladstone. As far as Native Folk Rock, these artists top any playlist. Check out this playlist and remember to tune-in to the live broadcast of NS-NV every Thursday morning from 8 – 10 a.m. CT log-on to www.KZUM.org and www.AIROS.org.

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"I Walk the Line" (A Tribute to Johnny Cash) Floyd Red Crow Westerman
"Diana and James" (Diana and James) Greg Copeland
"Treading Waters" (Crimson Tide) Dwayne Pamajewon
"Book of Love" (Memories and Daydreams) Red Blaze
"Good George" (Where the Green Grass Grows) The Crow Girls
"Blessings" (Believe) Michael Bucher
"We Belong" (Identity) Medicine Dream
"Before Tomorrow's Today" (Wiciwen Apic-Mahwaew) Wade Fernandez
"Old Meadow Hightree" (Noble Heart) Jack Gladstone
"Semiah" (Just Where I'm At) George Leach
"Forever I'm with  You" (Hang On) Plateros
"Mussingee" (Best of Winston Wuttunee) Winston Wuttunee
"This is Me" (This is Me) Sunny Waters

LINCOLN, NE - On this edition of Native Sounds-Native Voices (NS-NV) co-hosts Aden (Sioux) and Alex feature contemporary Native folk songs about Animals. Native American Tribes like the Cherokee Nation of North Carolina have creation stories that feature Animals bringing life to this world among other stories. Other stories, like ones about coyote, have a lesson to be learned from. Coyote is a trickster, he does things the wrong way to show humans what not to do and why.In this playlist, Aden and Alex feature songs that have an Animal name in the song title or the song is about an Animal. Have you heard the story about the lonely Frog?

Once there was a Frog, he was lonely so he went to speak with a Medicine Man about his loneliness. The Medicine Man told Frog that he would soon find a girl that wants to know everything about him. Frog replied”wow”, where will I meet her? Frog asks, at a party? Down by the pond? The Medicine Man replied, no, next semester in her biology class. Listen to the live broadcast of Native Sounds-Native Voices every Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m. C.T. Log-on to www.KZUM.org and www.AIROS.org.

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“Thundersbirds” (Freedom) Chester Knight and the Wind
“Monkey Paw” (Mohawk Stomp) Jimmy Wolf
“Wind Eagle” (The Keepers of the Earth) Red Feather Woman
“The Wolf Cried” (Southern Exposure) Tiger Tiger
“Blue Coyote” (Blue Coyote) Jackie Tice
“Raven in the Snow” (Raven in the Snow) Bill Miller
“Scattered Wings” (Burden of Joy) Clinton J. Miller
“Little Molly” (Siskabush) Art Napolean
“Eagle in the Distance” (See You at the Knee) Tony Palmer and the Breeds
“I’m the Wolf” (Jimmy Wolf) Jimmy Wolf
“Pink Flamingos” (Crazy Woman Mountain) Gary Small & the Coyote Brothers
“Reservation Dog” (Reservation Dog) PeaceMaker
“Dizzy Dog” (Just Where I’m At) George Leach

LINCOLN, NE - On this edition of Native Sounds-Native Voices (NS-NV) co-hosts Aden (Sioux) and Alex feature a Native Folk Rock Show. Native Americans have many oral stories, so folk rock music is like second nature for us. In this playlist Aden and Alex include artists like Darrel Tonemah, Jim Boyd and Buffy Sainte Marie among other tremendous Native artists. Did you know, Darrel Tonemah was a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln? Yeah, and Jim Boyd released “Reservation Blues” as a soundtrack for Native author--Sherman Alexie. In fact, director Chris Eyre’s feature film “Smoke Signals” is a story based on Sherman Alexie’s book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven."  For more information about Jim Boyd, log-on to his myspace page at myspace.com/jimboydband.

Tune into Native Sounds-Native Voices every Thursday morning from 8 – 10 a.m. CT and on the web at www.KZUM.org and  www.AIROS.org.

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“Coming After Me” (Coup Stick Warrior) The Acoustic Warriors
“Breath of the Earth” (A Tribute to Hawk Little John) Jim Beer and The River
“Unfamiliar Love Song” (Welcome to Your Rainy Day) Tonemah
“Still This Love Goes On” (Running For The Drum) Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Chasing Bird” (Chronicles of Hope) Bill Miller
“Makes Me Proud” (Live at The Met) Jim Boyd with Alfonso Kolb
“What is an Indian” (Two Worlds, Three Worlds) A. Paul Ortega
“Drums” (Bitter Tears: Sacred Ground) Joanne Shenandoah and Michael Bucher
“World Without Tomorrow” (Going Back: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) Floyd Red Crow Westerman
“Seventh Generation” (Firecat of Discord) Firecat of Discord
“Wide Open Spaces” (Wild Band of Indians) Keith Secola
“Keyah” (Touch the Sweet Earth) Sharon Burch
“My Angel” (New Light of Day) Harrison Begay
“John Doe” (Blue Stone) The Blue Stone Project