Compilation CD offers up a variety of musical flavours

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Dig Your Roots-Aboriginal is musically enriched with a wide range of diverse sounds. There is something for everyone on this 15 track CD, with an arrangement of hip hop, spoken word, electronic dance, roots, jazz, rock and experimental/audio art.

The album showcases emerging and well-established artists from across the country, including Sandy Scofield, Shirley Montague, the Pappy Johns Band, Elaine Jakesta, Ed Peekeekoot, Jef Tremblay et les Elements, X-Status, Sinuupa, Eekwol, Tagaq, Rez Villain, Leela Gilday, Richard M. Gloade, Graeme Jonez and Digging Roots.

This disc not only gives these Indigenous artists a chance to promote their unique viewpoints through chants, beats and soulful rifts but also provides the non-Aboriginal community a chance to experience the varied sounds of the ever growing Aboriginal music industry.

Whether it be Sandy Scofield's soothing tone, Digging Roots' sassy lyrics and bluesy sounds of X-Status' hard rock meshed with metal sounds, each cut on the album combine to create a balanced blend of music.

Dig Your Roots-Aboriginal is the fifth CD compilation in the Dig Your Roots series, a project of the National Campus and Community Radio Association designed to promote Canadian artists who specialize in musical genres that are under-represented on commercial airwaves.

To find out how to get your hands on Dig Your Roots-Aboriginal visit www.DigYourRoots.ca.