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Manitoba Music and FortWhyte Alive Launch Winter Songwriter Retreat

Manitoba Music and FortWhyte Alive are teaming up this month to present the Manitoba Music Winter Songwriter Retreat. The co-writing retreat will bring nine emerging songwriters together to strengthen their songwriting chops through collaboration at a secluded lakeside field station and architecturally unique cabins at FortWhyte Alive, March 29-31. 

The three-day session features a diverse group of songwriters spanning several genres, including Adam Hanney, Ariane Jean, Attica Riots' Bobby Desjarlais, À La Mode's Dominique Lemoine, Jeff Bruce of Jicah/Colour Revolution, Jordan St.Cyr, Quinton Blair, Raine Hamilton, and Mise en Scene's Stefanie Blondal Johnson. 

Music fans will get a rare chance to witness the collaborations live on stage in a special Manitoba Music Songwriter Concert at Alloway Reception Centre, home to the Buffalo Stone Café at FortWhyte Alive on April 9, where all nine songwriters will share their co-written tunes. Doors for the event open at 7:30 p.m., showtime is 8 p.m., and tickets are $9 (available in advance via FortWhyte Alive).  

By the end of the retreat, each songwriter added three new songs to their catalog. Previous sessions, supported by the Songwriters Association of Canada, have yielded stellar results. Ruth Moody’s collaboration with Royal Canoe's Matt Peters and producer Derek Norton, "We Can Only Listen, was featured on her JUNO Award-nominated album, The Garden. Western Canadian Music Award-winning producer Arun Chaturvedi and Sony/ATV Music Publishing artists Phil Deschambault and Heather Longstaffe, have all received multiple placements in film, television, and commercials based on music conceived at the retreat.

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Manitoba Music's Aboriginal Music Program Heads to Las Vegas for Economic Summit

Manitoba Music's Aboriginal Music Program (AMP) is headed to the "entertainment capital of the world" to connect with some of North America's major players in the U.S.-based Indigenous music scene. AMP will hit Las Vegas March 9-12 for the Reservation Economic Summit, which plays host to tribal leaders, talent buyers, media, representatives from Native American casinos, and business leaders from across America.

Western Canadian Music Award-nominated R&B trip hop artist Iswké and artist representation company Rising Sun Productions' Vince Fontaine (also of multi award-winning bands Indian City and Eagle & Hawk) also plan to attend the conference. 

The trip, which includes a booth at the massive RES trade show at the famed Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, is part of AMP market development initiatives, working to promote and raise the profile of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists from Manitoba on a national and international stage. Through events like these, Manitoba Music is able to increase the level of awareness and connection between our province’s music industry and the broader national and international industry, which is vital to the career advancement of Manitoba's Indigenous artists and industry professionals.

Manitoba Music's Aboriginal Music Program was launched in 2004 to help First Nation, Inuit, and Métis people in Manitoba develop sustainable careers in music by connecting them with opportunities within Manitoba Music and beyond. Manitoba Music would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Province of Manitoba, Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Film & Music, and FACTOR through the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters.

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For more information, please contact:

Alan Greyeyes, Aboriginal Music Program Manager

Manitoba Music

P: 204.975.0284

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