While Midnight Shine’s third music video Leather Skin was shot in 2018, the idea for it was first inspired back in 2000… It was then that Adrian Sutherland saw the beach video for Coldplay’s hit song Yellow, and dreamed of one day making a music video of his own on the James Bay coast near…
Midnight Shine’s third music video will receive its debut the old-fashioned way… at a film festival! The 2019 Yorkton Film Festival will present the Worldwide Debut of Leather Skin to kick off their Opening Night program on May 23. Leather Skin was shot on the coast of the James Bay in remote Northern Ontario –…
Midnight Shine’s music video for Heart Of Gold (Cover) is up for an award at the prestigious Yorkton Film Festival, North America’s longest running film festival. The Golden Sheaf Awards will be handed out on May 25, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, with Midnight Shine nominated in the following category: PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Midnight Shine –…
(Photos: David McDonald) Midnight Shine is pleased to announce that Charnelle Menow from Norway House Cree Nation will join the band for the upcoming touring season, once again making Midnight Shine an all-Cree band. A kick-ass drummer and vocalist, Charnelle has been active in Northern Manitoba’s music scene for more than a decade. She started…
When 16-year-old Adrian Sutherland in the isolated Cree community of Attawapiskat borrowed a harmonica from an Elder, he fashioned a homemade harness using a coat-hanger, two sticks and elastic bands, and set out to learn Neil Young’s Heart of Gold. Little did he know that 26 years later, his own musical journey would come full…
Christmas in Moose Factory is always a great time to spend with family and friends. There's the usual decorating of the house, putting up a tree, and stringing colourful lights. It’s also a time for family dinners at my sister’s place, and getting together with friends from my other band, Country Mayhem. This year we ate…
Midnight Shine released their debut music video today, with hopes of shining light on a difficult topic affecting all too many. “I wrote I Need Angels because there are a lot of people struggling in Canada’s Indigenous far North communities. We’ve had a lot of loss, a lot of tragedies, and I think it’s important…
We would like to recognize Air Creebec for being an ongoing part of our success. The regional airline based in Waskaganish, with main bases in Val-d’Or, Montreal and Timmins, Air Creebec operates regularly scheduled flights, charter and freight services to 16 destinations in Quebec and Ontario. With Adrian Sutherland living in Attawapiskat, and Stan Louttit in…
For the first time in over a year, Midnight Shine will be proudly touring as an all-Cree band. Joining Adrian Sutherland (Attawapiskat First Nation), Stan Louttit (Moose Factory Cree Nation) and Zach Tomatuk (Moose Factory Cree Nation) is Charnelle Menow (Norway House Cree Nation). A drummer and singer from Manitoba-based all-female rock band Drink Me…
Midnight Shine, the root-rockers who have been lighting up the music world all the way from the James Bay in remote Northern Ontario, will wrap a successful touring season with a pair of highlight shows on Canada’s West Coast. First, they’ll perform at the first-ever SKOOKUM Festival in Stanley Park, where a spirited and eclectic…