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Born on this day in 1946: American rock, R&B, and soul singer, Daryl Hall, from Hall and Oates, who had the 1982 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Maneater', plus five other US No.1 hits.

Born on this day in 1957: Jon Langford, guitar, vocals, The Mekons.

Teodoro “Ted” Ramirez is a southwest folk musician whose music celebrates Southwestern life, land and culture. He has been designated one of 100 Arizona Culture Keepers, and was named “Tucson’s Official Troubadour” by the Tucson mayor and council of Tucson in 2001.

BBES is Katherine Paul, a Swinomish/Iñupiaq singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Portland, Oregon. Her music is influenced by post-rock, alternative rock, and Native American traditional music.

Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, c. February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, Oscar-winning composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. She has won recognition, awards and honours for her music as well as her work in education and social activism.

This is the first commercial recording of the fiddle band music of the Tohono O'odham people of Southern Arizona. Utilizing instruments originally introduced by Spanish missionaries, the fiddle band sound is highly unique utilizing violins, guitar, and drums playing polkas, two-steps, and mazurkas

A 2016 Grammy Best Historical Album nominee, Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985 was released by Light in the Attic to put a spotlight on generally unheard and undocumented music made by the massively diverse North American Native community that is an integral part of this region's history.

Ronnie's mother was black and Native American and their father was white. In her autobiography, Ronnie Spector said that she was not sure if she was black or white at one point in her childhood.

The idea for RUMBLE came about when guitarist Stevie Salas, an Apache Indian and one of the film's Executive Producers, realized that no one outside of the music business knew about the profound contribution of these Native musicians

Referring to his sound as “moccasin gaze,” this Ojibwe-born singer and songwriter says he found music through spiritual guidance and 12-step therapy, all leading to his debut album, Bleached Wavves (Paper Bag Records), out June 19. Zoon, a name derived from Zoongide’ewin, an Ojibway word that means “bravery,” “courage,” and “the Bear Spirit,” opens up another chapter in his self discovery on third single “Light Prism.”

Harper was born in Pomona, California. His late father, Leonard Harper, was of African-American and Cherokee ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Verdries Chase Harper, is Jewish.