Album Name - Hoka
Artist - Nahko + Medicine for the People
Label - SideOneDummy Records
Year - 2016
Genre – Indie Rock, Fusion
Preference Rating (1- Hate, 2-Dislike, 3-Okay, 4-Like,
5-Love) – 3.7
Production Quality (1-Noise, 2-Home, 3-Standard 4-Profesional)
- 4
Music Quality (1-Bad, 2-Novice, 3-Amature, 3- Professional,
5-Great) – 4
Hoka is the latest of the three studio albums from Nahko and
Medicine for the People. The album’s title
comes from the Lakota expression, “Hoka Hey.” The popular understanding of the
expression is, “today is a good day to die.” This is attributed to Crazy Horse
before going in to battle, though some Lakota speakers say the expression
really just means, “Let’s go”. Either way the expression has taken on the
connotation of the Crazy Horse quote. Nahko
and Medicine for the People are an unusually eccentric Indie Rock-Fusion Band.
If you listened to the music on Hoka without paying attention to the lyrics you
would think you were listening to great new indie rock with varying flavors of
reggae, Ska, world, hip-hop, R&B, and Native American music. Nahko and
Medicine for the People see the band as agents of change in the world, as well
as muses and up lifters to people. There is kind of a Mother Earth and Native
American motif that runs through their music and makes them stand out from
other Indie Rock and/or Fusion bands. The opening track ‘Grandfather’ sets the
scene by leading the listener through a native influenced Earth ceremony. Then
we have different voices bring us messages until the end of the album. The
album is well put together and worth listening to if you enjoy any of the
themes, or the kind of music, mentioned above.
Ressources:
- Nahko + Medicine for the People (http://nahko.com/) Artist website
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