{"id":938,"date":"2019-09-24T09:15:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/315music.com\/2019\/09\/24\/irv-lyons-jr-joanne-shenandoah-the-ripcords-nick-lone-receive-native-american-music-award-nods\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:15:46","slug":"irv-lyons-jr-joanne-shenandoah-the-ripcords-nick-lone-receive-native-american-music-award-nods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/315music.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/24\/irv-lyons-jr-joanne-shenandoah-the-ripcords-nick-lone-receive-native-american-music-award-nods\/","title":{"rendered":"Irv Lyons, Jr., Joanne Shenandoah, The Ripcords, Nick Lone receive Native American Music Award nods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 19th Annual Native American Music Awards<\/a> will take place at Seneca Niagara Hotel and Casino in Niagara Falls on Nov. 2. Among this year’s nominees are four New York-based acts. Public voting is now open through the NAMA website<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syracuse’s Irv Lyons, Jr.<\/a>, Joanne Shenandoah, and the Ripcords were each nominated as well as Buffalo’s Nick Lone. Lyons earned two nominations, one for Best Rock Recording for his Sisters and Brothers<\/em> album and one for Song of the Year, “Looking for the Light” from that album. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyons recorded his latest album at SubCat Studios<\/a> in Syracuse with an all-star cast of area musicians that included Joe Driscoll<\/a>, Billy Harrison<\/a>, Melissa Gardiner<\/a>, Edgar Pagan<\/a>, Melanie Krahmer<\/a>, Richie Melito<\/a>, and others. Lyons is a Oneida Nation native and also a member of the Ripcords, who have also been nominated this year. His band’s sounds are rooted in blues, Latin jazz and country. The lineup he put together for his latest album brings hip-hop, jazz, rock, Latin jazz performers, producing a truly eclectic album. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irv Lyons, Jr. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Shenandoah<\/a> is up for Best Indie Single of the Year for her song “We Will Rise Up.” She is a Grammy-winning and 14-time Nammy winning Oneida Nation Native that not only writes and performs but is also an internationally recognized humanitarian and peace advocate. She is a founding member of the Hiawatha Insitute for Indigenous Knowledge and has performed for the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela. The Associated Press has described her as \u201cAmerica\u2019s most celebrated and critically acclaimed Native American musicians of her time.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joanne Shenandoah
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Buffalo’s Nick Lone is nominated in the Best Rap\/Hip Hop\/R&B category for his song “Native Pride.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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