![]() ![]() “The Huffington Post called Dark As Night “beautiful and stirring,” and compared Nahko to Bob Marley and a “musical prophet.” That prophetic nature comes through even stronger on HOKA, which was produced by Grammy Award winning producer Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem, Old Crow Medicine Show, Lucero, Dropkick Murphys) “Over the last three years, I’ve been cracked open so deeply in my own healing to really give this record my all,” explains Nahko. OC Weekly called the group which also includes Chase Makai (lead guitar), Justin Chittams (drums), Pato (bass and kora), Tim Snider (violin) and Max Ribner (horns), “ empowering” and “ powerful. Critics have praised the group’s worldly blend of rock, hiphop, and altfolk. Nahko and Medicine for the People gathered more members of their global tribe of likeminded fans as they spread their powerful and impactful musical message on tour with such acts as Michael Franti, Xavier Rudd, SOJA, and Trevor Hall, and on festivals including Outside Lands, Electric Forest, Wanderlust, Bumbershoot, California Roots Music Festival, Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival, and many more. 7 in Australia on Triple J’s Top 10 Roots Albums of 2013. 36 on the Top Independent Album chart, and No. 4 on Billboard’s Top Alternative New Album, No. It’s been three years since the Los Angeles, California based Nahko and Medicine for the People’s last record, Dark As Night. “On this intro, my uncles are chanting the lyrics to ‘Directions’ in Lakota, and the three female voices include a clairvoyant, an astrologer, and a friend who all had important messages for me that are a big part of my story,” he explains. “I want to challenge myself and others to make a change.” “Hoka,” which is the intro to the first track, “Directions,” is one of the album’s many song intros used as a way to round out the storytelling on the tracks. “ This is the soundtrack of the movement for a better planet,” he continues. Not just to talk, but to do,” ~ says Oregonborn singer/songwriter Nahko, who is of Puerto Rican, Native American (Apache), and Filipino descent. ![]() It’s what Crazy Horse would say when he went into battle, ‘Hoka, hey!’ My call is to put action to the words that I speak and the lyrics I sing. “Hoka is a Lakota word, an indigenous tribe from the Great Plains, it is a call to action. ![]() And that calling and mission has never been clearer than it is on Nahko and Medicine for the People’s third full length album, HOKA (SideOneDummy Records).On HOKA, Nahko’s voice is strong. Some people go a lifetime without knowing their mission in life, without feeling they have true calling, and without knowing why they even do what they do. Tag: All Access, All Access Music, All Access Music Group, All Access Music Group & A&R World Wide Radio Summit, allaccessmusicnicole, Anderson Paak, Apache, Arcade Fire, Avett Brothers, Bob Marley, BottleRock, BottleRock Napa, Bright Eyes, Bumbershoot, Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival, California, California Roots Music Festival, Calle 13, Chase Makai, Crazy Horse, Dark As Night, David Hale, Dead Prez, Dropkick Murphys, Edward Sharpe, Electric Forest, Ellie Goulding, Feist, Filipino, Foo Fighters, Great Plains, Hawane, Head and The Heart, Heatseekers, Hoka, Huffington Post, Joseph, Justin Beiber, Justin Chittams, Kentucky, Lakota, Landlock Blues, LIB, LIB 2016, LIB2016, Lightning In A Bottle, Lightning In A Bottle 2016, Los Angeles, Lucero, Make A Change, Max Ribner, Michael Franti, Mumford And Sons, Nahko, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Nahko Bear, NAMFTP, Napa, Native American, Nirvana, Old Crow Medicine Show, Outside Lands, Pato, Pua Case, Puerto Rican, Raury, Rising Appalachia’s Leah Song, San Quentin, Side One Dummy Records, SideOneDummy Records, Slow Motion, SOJA, The Gaslight Anthem, The Huffington Post, The Tallest Man On Earth, Third Eye Blind, Tim Snider, Topanga, Topanga Canyon, Trevor Hall, Wanderlust, Weezer, wine country, Xavier Rudd, Zella Day ![]()
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