First Voices Radio

In the first segment of this episode, Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse welcomes back Vince Fontaine. Vince (Anishinaabe) has been at the forefront of Indigenous music making in Canada for more than 30 years. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Vince is the JUNO Award-winning founder of First Nations rock icons Eagle & Hawk. He is the founder and band leader of the Winnipeg folk-pop collective Indian City. Tiokasin talks with Vince about Indian City's 4th album, CODE RED, which was released on November 3rd. Vince says, "Code Red became a much-used term in 2020, expressing a state of global health emergency during the pandemic; however, in the Indigenous world there has been an ongoing series of Code Reds for decades, if not centuries. This is where the concept and themes for the album emerged." Indian City is on social media (Facebook, Instagram and YouTube). http://indiancity.ca/

In the second segment, Tiokasin speaks with Craig "Santi" Santiago. Santi is an international touring musician and visual artist. When he's not in the recording studio, Santi can be found hiking in the Catskill Mountains and beyond. Santi has shown his visual art in numerous art galleries. He has toured internationally and state side. He has a new record out under his name, titled "Heavy Like Feather."

Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Malcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NY
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor

Music and Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
CD: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)
(00:00:44)

2. Song Title: Star People (feat. Jim Cuddy)
Artist: Indian City
CD: Code Red (November 2021)
Label: Rising Sun Productions, Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
(00:06:35)

3. Song Title: Code Red (feat. Don Amero and Jeremy Koz)
Artist: Indian City
CD: Code Red (November 2021)
Label: Rising Sun Productions, Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
(00:12: 30)

4. Song Title: Storyteller (feat. Sandra Sutter)
Artist: Indian City
CD: Code Red (November 2021)
Label: Rising Sun Productions, Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
(00:27:00)

5. Song Title: Another Long Night
Artist: Craig Santiago
CD: Light Like Feather (2021)
Label: Craig Santiago
(00:47:50)

6. Song Title: Walk Around the World (feat. Chris Burke-Gaffney)
Artist: Indian City
CD: Code Red (November 2021)
Label: Rising Sun Productions, Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
(00:54:27)

What is First Voices Radio?

“First Voices Radio,” now in its 32nd year on the air, is an internationally syndicated one-hour radio program originating from and heard weekly on Radio Kingston WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM in Kingston, New York. Hosted by Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), who is the show's Founder and Executive Producer, "First Voices Radio" explores global topics and issues of critical importance to the preservation and protection of Mother Earth presented in the voices and from the perspective of the original peoples of the world.