Digging Roots

Digging Roots
Origin Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Genres folk rock
First Nations music
Years active 2004 (2004)–present
Website www.diggingrootsmusic.com
Members Raven Kanetakta
ShoShona Kish

Digging Roots is a Canadian musical group, consisting of husband and wife duo Raven Kanetakta and ShoShona Kish, whose musical style blends folk-rock, pop, blues and hip hop influences.[1] They won the Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2010 for their album We Are....[2]

Kanetakta is originally from Winneway, Quebec, while Kish is from the Batchewana First Nation in Northern Ontario.[3] They are currently based in Barrie, Ontario.

Formed in 2004, the duo released their first album seeds in 2006. The album was a nominee for the Aboriginal Album of the Year Juno at the Juno Awards of 2007.[4] They followed with We Are... in 2009, which featured collaborations with Kinnie Starr, Tanya Tagaq and DJ Bear Witness of A Tribe Called Red. Their third album For the Light followed in 2014.[1]

They won the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Group in 2007.[5]

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