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logan staats

Logan Staats

On this fourth Thursday of November, you might ask yourself: do Indians celebrate Thanksgiving? Well… Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday for Native people. In a way, each day is a day of thanksgiving to the Creator for the original people of Turtle Island. This doesn't mean that we don't enjoy turkey, pie and family as much as the next person, but at the same time the Thanksgiving myth largely shared in mainstream culture perpetuates a one sided view of a complicated history surrounding this holiday. Here’s an informed indigenous view on Thanksgiving: http://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2013/11/do-indians-celebrate-thanksgiving.html

This doesn’t prevent us from “celebrating” in our own way by giving you a new song called Burn Your Village To The Ground. 

artwork by Sovereign State: sovereignstate.ca

A Tribe Called Red - Burn Your Village To The Ground

Simple Man

Running Like The River

Werewolves

A Tribe Called Red - All Day Feat. Kool A.D. And Chippewa Travelers

This song by Mary Black and Gabriel Guiboche is dedicate to the memory and call for justice of Colten Bouchie, Azraya Kokopenace, and Delaine Copenace and all Missing & Murdered Indienous People worldwide. 

It also has personal experiences tied into the lyrics with the mistreatment and inequality met by the indigenous population in Canada when it comes to them being endangered and targeted. If you didn't know, the indigenous population is constantly facing discrimination and even within the Canadian justice system and all over the world. People murder the indigenous and most of the time get away with it or serve an insignificant sentence after being released. The indigenous population faces injustice at an alarming rate and this song embodies such experiences and emotions that follow from it.

"Your physical body may be gone but your memory will live on in our hearts and minds and through our voices. Deepest condolences and respects being sent to the families, friends, and all people that have been effected by these tragic losses." - Voices of Thunder

Injustice (Dedicated to the memory of Colten Bouchie, Azraya Kokopenace, and Delaine Copenace)

In the summer of 2014, Logan embarked on an epic journey to Santa Ana California with Juno award winning artist Derek Miller. They set up one Rode mic, pressed record, and the rest was history. Goodbye Goldia started as a simple project aimed at healing a heavy heart, and ended up winning every indigenous music award title in its first year released.

"He’s not doing it to be retro or throwback. Logan Staats is proving, without making a point about it, that his generation can pick up the basic musical ingredients and cook up soul-filling dishes creating a tasty buffet of songs; in this case Staats’ first solo album Goodbye Goldia being released June 21st 2015." -Janet Rogers

https://youtu.be/HdnrOVv8ELA <-Click here
To watch some amazing content from this epic journey
https://youtu.be/HdnrOVv8ELA

Goodbye Goldia

What You Love

Last summer Logan Staats and Rez hip hop veteran from Tru Rez Crew,  Jon Garlow aka Jeex put there musical minds together to create a new breed of song.
With little expectation or planning the song took over, and not only became a musical movement for our missing and murdered indigenous woman in the WE WALK CANADA Campaign, but also one of the highest requested songs on JUKASA Radio.

to see footage of movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXYbQyn_6QM

Remember My Flame

A special limited time treat for my loyal friends, fans and family.
<3 G.L.S

She Just Wants A Folk Song (DEMO)

Traditional Pow Wow music remixed with Dubstep

Electric pow wow drum

Born on the Six Nations Reserve and raised in the small ghost town of Brantford, Ontario, Logan Staats started writing and performing music in his early teens and would later go on to become an accomplished multi-nominated and award winning artist. Once in a blue moon, an artist emerges on the scene as if fully formed. His haunting and distinct voice, immediate in its character, has given him countless opportunities to share the stage with acts such as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Keith Secola, Mumford and Sons and more. A product of passion, compulsion and tireless musical commitment, Logan’s songs feel as if they are truly his own. Armed with his guitar and harmonica, he has transitioned from running the weekend bar circuit to playing sold out venues and events at places like his favourite venue The Sanderson Centre in his hometown. Logan never misses the opportunity to collaborate his style with other artists, such as Derek Miller, even honouring his long time favourite singer/songwriter Bob Dylan with his recording of a late night, live off the floor version of “Don’t Think Twice” accompanied by Terra Lightfoot. His performances are animated by a level of self-possession, sadness and joy created by an aura of inevitability that surrounds the emergence of such artists. Now reunited with Victor Martisius, an award-winning guitarist, producer, former band mate from Ghost Town Orchestra and his best friend, Logan is on a warpath hell bent on raising the bar for indigenous/mainstream crossover music. Ingrained with the mentality that anything is possible when you put your heart and soul into it, Logan is well on his way to further accomplishing greatness.