Keith Secola

Keith Secola is a legendary Native American musician and cultural ambassador. A seven-time Native American Music Award winner, he blends rock, folk, and blues with Indigenous storytelling. Inducted into the Native Music Hall of Fame, Secola’s music preserves heritage and continues to inspire across generations.

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Keith Secola

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Keith Secola is a celebrated icon of Native American music, whose influence spans generations. His groundbreaking song “NDN Kars” remains a powerful anthem, recently featured in AMC’s hit series Dark Winds, alongside his tracks “Frybread” and “Book of Life.” A seven-time Native American Music Award winner, Secola has been recognized not only for his musical talent but also for his contributions as a producer. He earned the Best Linguistic Recording award at the 2007 NAMMYs for producing ANISHINABEMOIN, an album dedicated to preserving the Anishinaabe language. A pioneer in blending rock, folk, and blues with Indigenous storytelling, his music speaks to the resilience and spirit of Native peoples. Inducted into the Native Music Hall of Fame in 2011, he continues to inspire, as seen in The Halluci Nation’s 2020 remix of “NDN Kars.” Secola’s legacy transcends borders, preserving Indigenous heritage and shaping the future of Native storytelling through song.

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Howard Cohen, CYMBL Group
howard@cymbl.group
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Akina Music

“Keith Secola is a magician. He seduces us with humour at the beginning of this song — a Native musician riding in a beat up auto to a gig—but there are powerful, deep undercurrents. The question of materialism is lurking below, and by the time the song is over, I wasn’t to ride in that NDN car with the narrator to his next gig. The reason: I’d rather be with someone who has soul, than in a fancy limo with a shallow human being”

— John Densmore, The Doors

“A song so great that you don’t even have to know what it’s about to get into it. For those of us who know and understand the lyrics, it’s that much cooler.”

— Stevie Salas, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

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