Poetry inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. I wrote and produced this track during my term as the University of Northern British Columbia's Writer In Residency. 

Calls To Action  Mixdown 1 1

How honoured am I to interview John Trudell for the documentary Bring Your Drum: 50 Years of Indigenous Protest Music. This is John's long interview from that doc. He talks music, energy, personal history etc. Good listening here. As John begins his journey to spirit, he can rest well and know his legacies were many and gave this life hell! Thanks for all the great inspiration brother! John Trudell is empowerment and intelligence and solidarity of nations!


John Trudell 2011

The title of this poem is taken from a quote by Johnny Cash when reproaching radio station for not playing his concept album about the plight of the American Indian. The poem is inspired by the title, paying honour to the bravery it takes to be honest. 

Where Are Your Guts

Native Waves Radio host Troy Sebastian, DJ Skookum interviews celebrated and award winning Anishnabe author Richard Wagamese at Munros Books in Victoria BC on Lekwungen territory on June 14th 2016

Richard Wagamese Interview June 2016 Mixdown 1

I was asked to respond to the announcement of E. Pauline Johnson making the shortlist of possible women to appear on one of Canada's dollar bills in 2018. I replied with an article for CBC Aboriginal but I also wrote a poem which seems fitting to respond to a poet with poetry. The poem, however could not be published or recorded on CBC radio due to Writers Guild rules, so I published and recorded it myself here. Enjoy. Share.

Janet Marie Rogers's Album

November 30th 2016

E. Pauline Currency

On January 12th 2017 I had the great honor and pleasure to speak with the legendary musician Robbie Robertson about his newly released autobiography Testimony and CD of the same name. You will hear Robbie is also a great story teller in this generous and insightful interview which also includes music by Robbie Robertson.

Robbie Robertson Full Interview

Inspired by the poem Lament for Confederation by Chief Dan George in 1967, this poem is a reply and response to Canada's 150 birthday celebrations in 2017. Written, recorded and produced by Mohawk poet Janet Rogers.

Confederation 150 Mixdown

Mohawk poet Janet Rogers recites The Homing Bee by Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson. Janet remixes the poem with a rhythmic  soundtrack. Enjoy.

The Homing Bee - 2017 - 09 - 14, 2.52 PM

The poem was written in 2004/05 as a way to honour those north west coast artists who dedicate their creative careers to perpetuating the traditions in carving which hold up the essence of their culture. Poetry and production by Mohawk poet Janet Rogers

This Is Real

The Tube
Sounds by Janet Rogers

“The Tube” is a collection of sounds gathered from inside and outside the London Tube in July 2017. The Tube as culture, includes land and community, commerce and politics. The Tube is a place, where many voices come together on equal ground. The Tube is an equalizer and neutralizer of societal status and racial and sex-based inequalities. These collective voices, human voices, electronic voices, industrial voices and creature voices have been processed together into a Tube symphony emphasizing each voice separately at different intervals. Tube sounds transport, inspires personal memory and engages the senses. Trains come, Trains go. 

These trax that cross our lives
These trax trax that transport us
These trax carry messages
These trax replicate our rhythms rhythms 
These trax that listen
These trax that speak
Trax that pass across our nations
These trax trax keep repeating
Trax bringing people
Trax inducing memories 
These trax go on into infinity 
Trax building unions
These trax coming and going
Coming and going
Trax fading and excellerating
These trax driving me crazy crazy
Trax of no returning 
Trax, trax trickery trax 
These linear lines
Trax

The Tube

Tom Wilson, while on his book tour for Beautiful Scars talks to me about Family, Sobriety, Mohawk Time, Music, Cosmic Dates and much more on this first episode of the Skindigenous Podcast with Mohawk host Janet Rogers. His story is incredible, he writes his story with lots of humour and he's poured his heart into each chapter. And Tom Wilson is GREAT interview.

Tom Wilson on Skindigenous Podcast

Make Me is an erotic poem inviting our loves to make us want to stay to make us want more to make us fall in love etc. This track is played during a performance art action including ceremonial lighting of candles, burning of medcines and pouring large amounts of honey.

Untitled - 09-07-07

Make Me

Bringing together natural sounds from Palamino Colombia and Santa Fe New Mexico to create this culturally integreated sonic meditation including real river sounds, wind chimes, tropical birds and bang'n beats. Enjoy!

The Colombian In The Southwest 2018

Addressing Equal Justice themes through art, poetry, activism, music and more, this podcast is proud to feature strong voices in the movement towards Equal Justice: Christina Castro and the Three Sisters Collective, IAIA visual art students Molly Saboy and Rachel Malcovic, poet/journalist Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, Veterans for Peace Board of Directors member Kourtenay Andar, Moms Demand Action State Chapter Leader Emile De Angelis, and poet and father Devin James Baldwin. This podcast was created in Tewa territory aka Santa Fe New Mexico, produced by Mohawk media artist and writer, Janet Rogers

SFAI Equal Justice Podcast 2018

A Tribe Called Red visits Coast Salish territory (Vancouver Island) March 17 2018 as featured guest speakers at the Cracks in the Concrete events hosted by the Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group. Mohawk radio host and producer chats with ATCR about their early musical influences, the past and recent transformations within the group, the making of their current album The Hallucination and combating social ills with their music.

A Tribe Called Red Interview VIPIRG

April 29th 2018 at the Native Education College in Vancouver BC as the closing event for Verses Festival of Words, Indigenous poets were featured for a full afternoon of righteous original and authentic poetry presentations. Music featured in this audio scape is Loon by Ziibiwan and PBC by A Tribe Called Red feat. Sheldon Sundown . Indigenous Poetry Podcast Radio Art is produced by Mohawk media artist and poet Janet Rogers. Poets featured, in order of appearance are: Valeen Jules, Victoria Inglis, Jaye Simpson, Tawahum Bige, and Dennis Scherle. Made with thanks to the Verses Festival of Words team.

Indigenous Poetry Podcast Radio Art 2018

Registered as Tuscarora and identified as Mohawk/Turscarora, I was inspired when asked to speak about Tuscarora history and their inclusion into the Six Nations confederacy. Rather than speak, I wrote two poems and combined them together, like the adoption of the Tuscarora nation, to produce this original track titled Far Away Fires. Enjoy.

Far Away Fires

This is a farewell to the west coast poem written in the Chinook Jargon trade language. The Chinook jargon was invented from west coast languages, English, French and other languages. It was mainly used in the Pacific Northwest. Birds Carry My Goodbye is my way of saluting these westerly territories for holding me in good health and providing for me by way of "words." I found myself as a writer on the coast. I served this territory well and it, me. Now it is time for me to return to my own home territory, bringing the coastal gifts harvested here and fuse them into new offerings, back home.

Birds Carry My Goodbye

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