In Review--Round Up of Rousing Songs
Native American/World Nitanis “Kit” Largo Serenity Canyon Records Bear Creek Kaagige-Forever Pow-Wow Songs Canyon Records Randall Paskemin Christmas Cheer Christmas Round Dance Songs Canyon Records Sometimes I wonder why so few Native American woman musicians record albums or why labels release few recordings by Native American women. I would love to see women pow-wow drumming and vocal groups, and more in Native American women musicians such as Joanne Shenandoah, Sandy Scofield, Mary Youngblood and Sharon Burch, personally. So I can’t tell you how pleased I am to review First Nation vocalist-songwriter Nitanis “Kit” Largo debut solo album, Serenity . Largo has been around for a while, singing with the First Nation pow-wow group Bear Creek (also mentioned in this review round-up) and you’ll hear her vocals gracing the albums of Alex E. Smith and Cheevers Toppah. On Serenity , she arranges the songs, pro