Indigenous featuring Mato Nanji
NewMusicforOldFolks says …
As the name suggests, Indigenous is made up of Native Americans players. But what they're playing is just a straight ahead blues-based rock ’n roll. When I first heard Live at Pachyderm Studios I thought it might be a lost Stevie Ray Vaughan album. Mato Nanji is that good. I have no idea why this guy isn't a huge star. There's something wrong with us all that he's not.
Artist's info
Website: indigenousrocks.com
See them live: Tour dates
Record company: Blues Bureau International
Genre: Blues, Rock
If you like this, look into: Joe Bonamassa, Doyle Bramhall, Nick Moss
Bio (From the artist's website)
Born and raised on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, Indigenous front man Mato Nanji (Ma-TOE NON-gee) dedicates his latest release Time Is Coming (on Blues Bureau International) to the indigenous youth and all young people on the indigenous reservations. Mato Nanji’s father, the late Greg Zephier, Sr., was a well-known and highly respected spiritual advisor and spokesperson for the International Indian Treaty Council. In addition to this leadership role, he was an accomplished musician and a member of the musical group, The Vanishing Americans. Formed by Greg and his brothers in the ’60’s, The Vanishing Americans toured nationally and shared bills with such legends as Bonnie Raitt. Besides being heavily influenced by the music his father and uncles were making, Mato was exposed to Greg’s vast collection of blues records by legendary artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and B.B. King. Consequently, Mato embraced and began utilizing his own musical talent at a young age. With the experience, love and wisdom of their father to guide them, Mato, his brother, sister and cousin formed the band Indigenous while in their late teens. (more)
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Recordings
Most Recent
TIME IS COMING (2014): Mato Nanji, longtime front man of Native American band Indigenous has just completed his 10th CD, Time Is Coming, which stretches Mato's already established high-caliber musicianship into a hard hitting, guitar driven musical excursion into modern blues rock.
OTHERS
Things We Do (1998)
Blues This Morning EP (1999)
Live at Pachyderm Studios (1999)
Circle (2000)
Indigenous (2003)
Long Way Home EP (2005)
Broken Lands (2008)
The Acoustic Sessions (2010)
Indigenous-Featuring Mato Nanji (2012)
Vanishing Americans (2013)
