Indigenous in Music with Larry K – Blair Bellerose of Midnight Sparrows in our Spotlightlight Interview (Rock)

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K, on this show we welcome Vancouver BC, Mr. Blair Bellerose, creator of “Midnight Sparrows. Singer, songwriter and guitarist.  He has just released his 2nd solo album “Born in the City” along with a new video “Butterfly Wings.”  Visit Blaiir on his homepage to hear his music and find out all about his new at www.midnightsparrows.com

 

Enjoy music from Midnight Sparrows, The City Lines, La Ley, Shawn Michael Perry, 1915, Old Soul Rebel, Dreams & Sounds, Rellik, The Deeds, Hermanos McKenzie, Janel Munoa, Jota Quest, Juanes, Kinky, Blue Mountain Tribe, Xit, Tracy Lee Nelson, Morgan Toney, Aysanabee, Chris Ferree, Mike Bern, Adrian Sutherland, Alan Syliboy & The Thundermakers, Electric Religious, John McLeod, Cary Morin and much much more. 

 

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The brainchild of Blair Bellerose, a Métis, Cree and Dene singer/songwriter/guitarist,

Midnight Sparrows plays guitar driven hard rock that combines elements of classic rock,

power pop and old school heavy metal. Midnight Sparrows’ debut album, Rock & Roll

City, has been nominated for a Native American Music Award and has been receiving

radio play all across North America and beyond.

Hot on the heels of Rock & Roll City, Midnight Sparrows is releasing its much

anticipated follow-up, Born in the City. Produced and written by Bellerose, and

engineered and mixed by Juno and Western Canadian Music Award winner Sheldon

Zaharko, Born in the City is a six-song rocker that that will make you believe that the

magic of rock & roll still exists and its power is as strong ever.

The title track, Born in the City, is one of Blair’s most personal songs to date reflecting

his lived experience of urban Indigeneity. Having lived, worked and studied in the urban

Aboriginal community his entire life, this is a subject that Blair is very passionate about

even writing his recent Master’s thesis on the ways in which government policies impact

urban Indigenous non-profit organizations. Born in the City defiantly challenges the

notion that living in a city renders one’s Indigeneity as inauthentic.

The launch of Born in the City also coincides with Midnight Sparrows’ first ever video

release for the song Butterfly Wings. Butterfly Wings is a song that Bellerose wrote to

honour his mother, an Indigenous elder and residential school survivor who passed

away last year at the age of 87. This is a song that celebrates all that Blair’s mom taught

him about how to live a good life, while also contemplating the process of letting go so

that our loved ones can peacefully transition to the spirit world while we move forward

with life here on earth.

Identified as Métis his entire life, Blair is now also a proud member of Fort McKay First

Nation thanks to a successful, women-led challenge to the Indian Act which allows for

greater gender equity in passing on Indian status through the maternal family line,

though Blair also proudly retains his Métis identity.

 

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