#19 Ishkōdé Records: Share the Power

Ishkōdé Records is a new Indigenous women-owned label created to foster and amplify Indigenous voices. Ishkōdé Records arrives to advocate for Indigenous artists, songs and stories in the commercial music landscape. Led by artists, organizers and activists Anishinaabekwe ShoShona Kish (Digging Roots) and solo artist Amanda Rheaume, Citizen of the Metis Nation of Ontario, Ishkōdé approaches the independent label operations through the lens of women and artist entrepreneurship, long-standing industry experience and cultural and ancestral processes. The word Ishkōdé means fire in Anishinaabemowin.

Amanda Rheaume is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario and a singer/songwriter that has self-managed her music career for over 15 years. Her album Keep a Fire was nominated for a JUNO Award and won a Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year. Amanda identifies as she/her and is an active and proud member of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Amanda is also the Director of Operations for the International Indigenous Music Summit, Co-Founder of Ishkōdé Records and Project Coordinator for the new National Indigenous Music Organization here in “Canada.”

Find out more about Ishkōdé Records HERE.

Find out more about Amanda HERE.

ShoShona Kish is an Anishinaabekwe community organizer, producer, activist and  artist in JUNO award-winning band Digging Roots. Co-Founder of Ishkōdé Records, Kish is also the Artistic Director of the International Indigenous Music Summit and has curated and collaborated on projects with Canada’s National Art Centre, the Women of the World Festival and the Sydney Opera House. Kish’s work has been recognized with Folk Alliance’s Spirit of Folk Award and WOMEX’s Professional Excellence Award.

Find out more about ShoShona and Digging Roots HERE.