Indigenous Music Office
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Who Said Radio Was Dead?
Why Indigenous-Owned Media Matters: A Conversation with Windspeaker’s Sandra Crowfoot In early December, the Indigenous Music Office sat down with Sandra Crowfoot, one of the emerging leaders behind Windspeaker Media, a powerhouse Indigenous-owned broadcaster with a...
Pathways to International Markets: A Strategy to Increase Export Capacity for Indigenous Music
Pathways to International Markets: A Strategy to Increase Export Capacity for Indigenous Music - Click to View Click the link above to review the study to develop a strategy to increase the export capacity of the Indigenous music sector.
Reconciliation Sounds Like This: Turning up the Volume on Indigenous Voices
When you press play on a song, you’re not only hearing music, you’re stepping into someone’s story. For Indigenous Peoples, our music carries many pieces of who we are, our language, our ceremony, and our distinct identity. Music is a way of keeping traditions alive...
Operations and Communications Manager – Applications Open
The Indigenous Music Officer (we/us/ours) is a music industry association for Indigenous people working in the music industry. Working on behalf of the Indigenous Music Office’s (IMO) Board of Directors, the Operations & Communications Manager is responsible for...
Bringing Back the Songs: Jeremy Pahl on Song Reclamation and Protection
For Ts’msyen musician Wil Uks Batsga G̱a̱laaw, translated in Sm’algyax as “where the cedar tree sticks out on the point facing the ocean” also known as Jeremy Pahl, music is never “just art.” It is tied to identity, memory, and ancestry. Today, his most important work...
The Next Verse: January Rogers Finds Her Rhythm Through Cultural Cadence
January Rogers is a Mohawk/Tuscarora artist from Six Nations of the Grand River whose career has always been about amplifying Indigenous voices. A multi-disciplinary creator, she’s published seven books of poetry, including Splitting the Heart, Red Erotic, Totem Poles...
The Sound of Reconnection: Reflections on Indigenous Music
Photo of Cultural Cadence Mentorship Program Meetup attendees at IIMS 2025. Photo taken by Sam Grayner. During National Indigenous History Month, and any time Indigenous music is celebrated, what often stands out is the diversity of sound, style, and story across our...
Get to Know the Indigenous Music Office
The Indigenous Music Office is here to uplift, empower and strengthen the circle of support around Indigenous Peoples working in music, their families, and Communities. We invite you in with open hearts for connection, stories, and community. Welcome. Rooted in...
The Cultural Cadence Mentorship Program
New Program Invests in Business Development and Entrepreneurship [Dish With One Spoon Treaty Territory, Nov 5, 2024] - The Indigenous Music Office (IMO) announces a new national program, Cultural Cadence: Mentorship for Indigenous Music Professionals, created to...
