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…
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…
Catch Midnight Shine at Indigenous Day Live at The Forks, in celebration of Canada’s first National Indigenous Peoples Day: June 23 – Winnipeg MB Indigenous Day Live Concert 7:30pm to 10:30pm Televised live on APTN Streamed live at aptn.ca “We’re excited to finally be performing in Winnipeg,” says Midnight Shine frontman Adrian Sutherland, who hails…
Roots/rockers Midnight Shine, who have been lighting up the music world all the way from the James Bay, have two Toronto shows on the near horizon: May 10 – Lee's Palace Canadian Music Week With Julian Taylor Band May 25 – Echo Beach CBC Music Festival It’s the first time the band will play new…
Fans are loving Midnight Shine's new album High Road, and so are media. Of particular interest is the lead single -- an exceptional cover of Neil Young’s Heart of Gold. Midnight Shine's version brings a timely new sound to this timeless classic, and is distinctly different, yet honours the heart and soul of the original. It…