Jan 16, 2013 — The Canadian group A Tribe Called Red features three DJs who mix Native powwow chant with hip-hop and dubstep, while a dancer spins multicolored hoops. Hear the group, recorded live in concert from New York City's Webster Hall.
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A hooper dances to Canadian electronic group A Tribe Called Red at globalFEST 2013. (Ebru Yildiz for NPR)
A Tribe Called Red: globalFEST 2013
by Anastasia Tsioulcas
Jan 16, 2013 — The Canadian group A Tribe Called Red features three DJs who mix Native powwow chant with hip-hop and dubstep, while a dancer spins multicolored hoops. Hear the group, recorded live in concert from New York City's Webster Hall.The night ended with bumping beats down at Webster Hall's Studio space with the Ottawa-based Native collective A Tribe Called Red. The group calls its style "pow wow step" — an imaginative and dance-floor-ready blend of beats, aboriginal singing and dancing, and visuals and audio samples that turn "Indian" stereotypes on their heads. But the most memorable moments in the set come when A Tribe Called Red invites a dancer out to perform a traditional hoop dance, twisting and turning hoops into elegant and beautiful figures.
Set List
- "Wird"
- "Native Puppy Love"
- "Guermo Azteca"
- "Jumbo"
- "Murderer"
- "Electric Pow Wow Drum"
- "Cherokee People"
- "The Traveler"
- "Look At This"
- "Tribe Awards"
- "Moombahcore"
- "The Road"
Credits
Producers: Mito Habe-Evans, Bob Boilen; Videographers: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Mito Habe-Evans; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Video Editor: Denise DeBelius Assistant Producer: Denise DeBelius; Special Thanks to: Webster Hall, globalFEST 2013; Executive Producers: Anya Grundmann, Keith Jenkins.
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