Album of the Week: Medicine Singers by Medicine Singers

Album: Medicine Singers
Artist: Medicine Singers 
Release Date: July 1, 2022
Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
Favorite Tracks:

• Daybreak
• Sanctuary
• Sunrise (Rumble)
• Sunset
• Reprise of a Cry

Thoughts:

Medicine Singers are a collective of Eastern Algonquin  powwow musicians lead by Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson.  Yonatan Gat, an Israeli guitarist who first performed with the collective at SXSW, as an avant garde/jazz flair to the music.  Since I live on the ancestral tribal lands of Eastern Algonquin people, specifically Massachusett, Wampanoag, and Nipmuc, I feel quite honored to hear this music.  Check out The Fader for a song-by-song breakdown.

Rating: ****1/2

Album of the Week 2022

January

• Olivia Rodrigo – Sour
• Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever
• Adele –30 
• Tran Uy Duc – Came
• Yard Act – The Overload
• Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy

February

• Tanya Taqaq – Tongues
• Various Artists – Summer of Soul soundtrack
• Mitski – Laurel Hell
• Shamir – Hetrosexuality

March

• Lady Pills – What I Want
• Stromae – Multitude
• Jenny Hval – Classic Objects
• Yumi Zouma – Present Tense

April

• Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity
• Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems
• The Linda Lindas – Growing Up
• Deer Scout – Woodpecker
• Sault – Air

May

• Congotronics International – Where’s the One?
• Oumou Sangaré – Timbuktu
• Various Artists – Daptone Mood
• Wet Leg – Wet Leg

July

• Editrix – Editrix Goes To Hell