"A Blackfoot Artist from The Piikani Nation"

THE NATIVE PERSPECTIVE, THE ABORIGINAL VOICE HEARD THROUGHOUT ALBERTA

"The drum is our heartbeat and the wind is our ancestor's voice, to never be forgotten but embraced and passed on to our children and the next generation. The album Blackfoot Sky  by Ira Provost is a Story of Pride, History and Knowledge that Ira expresses in the title track from the album. It begins with the soft whisper of the southern wind and beat of the drum, the sound of a jingle can be heard which can represent our native heritage. The song is about the rockies, the wheat fields and what signifies the history of living under a Blackfoot sky, to never be forgotten. The ancestor's that graced those fields way before our time and the heritage that can never be erased only cherished and embraced. It is one thing to read about Aboriginal History but it takes a brave soul to express and teach that in song, Ira Provost does that perfectly in the album Blackfoot Sky".

Angela Pearson                                                                                                    On Air Personality and Midday Host at CFWE