September 07, 2011

DJ Budda Blaze Cuts It Up For 20 Years & Beyond

September 07, 2011/ RPM

Kahnawake’s DJ Budda Blaze shares some insight with RPM about being a radio and Hiphop DJ for the past two decades with K103.7FM out of Kahnawake in the Mohawk territory as well as letting us know about his musical past, present and future.

We got a chance to sit down with DJ Budda Blaze a.k.a. Akwirenhtha (Falling Tree) to talk about his 20-year journey through music and radio as a DJ for the K103.7 FM radio station based out of Kahnewake in Quebec, Canada. In addition to his radio and DJ endeavours, he has honed himself as a hiphop producer for his group FBI and Canadian rap legend D-Shade. We spoke to DJ Budda Blaze via Skype just before his next gig in Ottawa where he will fill in for A Tribe Called Red at the Electric Powwow event this weekend.

Be sure to check out DJ Budda Blaze's Night School Radio Podcast at his website Buddablaze.com

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September 06, 2011

Mohawk Radio: K103.7 FM

September 06, 2011/ RPM

This week, the RPM podcast will feature artists from Six Nations - a remarkably musically rich corner of Turtle Island. Also coming out of Six Nations is Mohawk radio station K103.7 fm.

From a shack on the edge of the St. Lawrence Seaway in Kahnawake, Quebec, just 20 minutes from downtown Montreal, the station sends a mix of bingo, native rights, hip-hop and wrestling across the airwaves - heard across the res and through the city and suburbs.

Recently, the NFB produced a documentary film about K103.7, Waves Across the Seaway, which describes the station as "straddling the wide cultural gap between Mohawks and their neighbors."

Tune in and stream K103.7 live at k103radio.com.

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RPM Records is the first of its kind: a label for contemporary, cross-genre Indigenous music, run by Indigenous people. Selected by The FADER as one of “5 New Canadian Record Labels The Entire World Should Know”, RPM Records artists include Ziibiwan , Leanne Betasamosake Simpson , Exquisite Ghost , and Mob Bounce .

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This week, the RPM podcast will feature artists from Six Nations - a remarkably musically rich corner of Turtle Island. Also coming out of Six Nations is Mohawk radio station K103.7 fm.

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