Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day with Haida artist Ms.PAN!K's favourite songs

Haida artist Ms.PAN!K shares some of their favourite tunes from Indigenous musicians across the country to honour and celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Indigenous artists blend traditional sounds with contemporary genres

CBC News · Posted: Jun 21, 2022 8:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 22, 2022

A woman with pink hair looks into the camera as she takes a selfie. — Haida artist Ms.PAN!K shares their carefully curated playlist featuring Indigenous artists for National Indigenous Peoples Day 2022. (Submitted by Ms.PAN!K)

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada — a day to honour and celebrate First Nations, Metis and Inuit people, their culture and contributions.

That includes some of the innovative music Indigenous artists across the country are creating by blending traditional sounds with contemporary genres.

Haida loop-poet, interdisciplinary artist and producer known as Ms.PAN!K says music is their medicine.

"Everything in the universe is made up of sound frequency and vibration, so it's very foundational to all of existence," they told All Points West host Robyn Burns.

"I feel like it's really the universal language."