CerAmony
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CerAmony is Canadian duo musical band of Cree
origin from Canada
's James Bay
area. The duo consists of Matthew Iserhoff (as lead vocals) and Pakesso Mukash (guitar and vocals). The band sings in English and Cree
.
's "True North Concert" and debuted the song to he public in Ouje Bougoumou. CerAmony also performed at the Canadian Aboriginal Awards both in 2003 and 2004. The documentary film determiNATION by Paul M. Rickard and Michelle Smith, featured them in the film with other First Nation acts like Samian, Cheri and Maracle.
The debut single was "First Son" which included the B-Side Faceless (which was never performed in public), followed by the successful "The Last Great Men". The debut album CerAmony was released on 13 April 2010.
In the last year, CerAmony has won the Juno for Aboriginal Album Of The Year, the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Songwriters, the Teweikan Radio's Choice Award, and most recently, gained 4 nominations for Songwriter of the Year for Last Great Men, Best Duo or Group, Best New Artist, and Best Producer/Engineer at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Awards.
And in most recent news, CerAmony signed a distribution deal with Universal World, which will put their music out across Canada, and across the globe.
Tracklist:
Cree
The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations / Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although...
origin from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's James Bay
James Bay
James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean. James Bay borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario; islands within the bay are part of Nunavut...
area. The duo consists of Matthew Iserhoff (as lead vocals) and Pakesso Mukash (guitar and vocals). The band sings in English and Cree
Cree language
Cree is an Algonquian language spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Labrador, making it the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. It is also spoken in the U.S. state of Montana...
.
Career
CerAmony's debut was in 2002 with the local (James Bay) release of First Son. A song that was inspired by the trials of La Paix Des Braves. In 2003, they appeared in CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
's "True North Concert" and debuted the song to he public in Ouje Bougoumou. CerAmony also performed at the Canadian Aboriginal Awards both in 2003 and 2004. The documentary film determiNATION by Paul M. Rickard and Michelle Smith, featured them in the film with other First Nation acts like Samian, Cheri and Maracle.
The debut single was "First Son" which included the B-Side Faceless (which was never performed in public), followed by the successful "The Last Great Men". The debut album CerAmony was released on 13 April 2010.
In the last year, CerAmony has won the Juno for Aboriginal Album Of The Year, the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Songwriters, the Teweikan Radio's Choice Award, and most recently, gained 4 nominations for Songwriter of the Year for Last Great Men, Best Duo or Group, Best New Artist, and Best Producer/Engineer at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Awards.
And in most recent news, CerAmony signed a distribution deal with Universal World, which will put their music out across Canada, and across the globe.
Name
The band's name, CerAmony is written with a capital A denoting the shape of a sacred ceremonial tent. The idea came to Pakesso upon waking up from a dream one day. Both Mukash and Iserhoff agreed that it was a perfect name in the universal aspect that every race, religion and creed have ceremonies. The logo was designed by Natazia Mukash (Pakesso's sister and Matthew's wife).Awards
- Won award for Best Song Writer(s) at Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
- On March 27, 2011, the band won "Aboriginal Album of the Year" at the Juno AwardsJuno Awards of 2011The Juno Awards of 2011, honours Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2009 and in most of 2010. The awards presented in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the weekend of 26 and 27 March 2011. A week of related events on 21 March 2011...
for their self-titled album CerAmony. - Won the Teweikan Radio's Choice Award in 2011.
- Nominated at the Canadian Aboriginal Peoples Choice Award for Songwriter of the Year for Last Great Men, Best Duo or Group, Best New Artist, and Best Producer/Engineer.
Discography
- CerAmony (released 13 April 2010)
Tracklist:
- First Son (4:12)
- Looks Like Change (To Me) (3:09)
- Kingdom Come (5:05)
- Shine Alive (4:30)
- Live Again (4:14)
- Round N`Round (2:52)
- Reaction (4:28)
- Ghost (4:57)
- You Belong (Down Here With Us) (5:43)
- Our Guns (2:50)
- Bad Idea (3:44)
- The Last Great Men (4:23)
- Horizon (Bonus Track)