Iskwew Singers

Songs in the plains tradition that tell stories of connection to the earth, the creator and each other.

Songs in the plains tradition that tell stories of connection to the earth, the creator and each other.

Stomping outlaw country, irresistible crooning and classic songwriting – Aussie style.

Adventurous foursome take themselves, and us, into uncharted territory.

A band that is an almost quintessential testament to our country’s policies on diversity.

An 11-piece indie orchestra – Portland’s “biggest” emerging band!

A hip-hop/rap, country and rhythm & blues fusion, with insightful poetry "straight from the Rez."

Balkan-klezmer-gypsy-party-punk-super band music.

"The new hotshots of pan-African funkiness" (Songlines Magazine, UK)

She's been called “hauntingly honest, poetically pensive, and radiantly real”. For Lena Anderssen, writing and performing songs is not only what she wants to do, it is what she is all about. Her music comes straight from the core of her being, from personal stories of longing, regrets, dreams, heartache and hope, and her vocals “dance between...

Way too often and improperly, artists are described by comparison to others – but in the case of Sam Baker, the likening of his songs to “Leonard Cohen’s, if Cohen had been a Baptist raised in West Texas”* rings startlingly true as a means of introduction. At the same time, you are unlikely to come across a more original...