Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!

In honour of many different kinds of mom's, we created a Mother's Day playlist for you on spotify. 

I am incredibly lucky to have an amazing mom, who is still branching…

I feel as though I am on sacred ground when I am walking in nature. I very much believe life is richer when we have a love and appreciation for the natural world. There are times when I lose myself…

The gift of 11 pipers piping in the song, Twelve Days of Christmas, is reputed to be about the 11 faithful apostles. Yes, there were 12 apostles at one point, but you may remember Judas went a little sideways. 

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On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Ten Lords A Leaping … What? Where did that come from? 

Well, Mr. Google says the tenth gift in the Twelve Days of Christmas is likely a reference…

My hope for all of us, especially for young people, is that we always follow our star, like the line in the song, Sparkling Lights, suggests. 

I love the innocence and dreaminess of women dancing. One of my…

We’re on day eight now! It’s a happy day for me because I am Métis. That will make no sense to people who don’t know that the infinity symbol, which looks like an elongated number eight on its side…

Have you noticed the news and social media is all abuzz about STEVE, the purple and green light ribbon in the night sky that was discovered in 2016? Turns out STEVE (short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) is smearing…

There are different interpretations about the meaning of each gift mentioned in the song, 12 Days of Christmas. 

The gift of “six geese a-laying”, for example, is reputed to be about the six days in creation, when…

When the five golden rings come up in the traditional Christmas song, Twelve Days of Christmas, we all slow down, stretch out the words and pause to take a deep breath before we start singing again. 

Wikipedia tells me…

Birds love trees, live in trees and have a really special way of communicating, just like trees have a unique way of communicating. 

Did you know that the four “calling birds” in the Twelve Days of Christmas are actually COLLY…

How can I feel the Spirit of Christmas when I’m hungry for food? When I’m searching for shelter? When I’m in conflict with my family? 

Faith, hope and love are the gifts symbolized by the three French Hens on the…

In the song, Twelve Days of Christmas, two Turtle Doves show up on the second day. It’s pretty cool that Day Two’s gift is Turtle Doves, since North America is known to many Indigenous people as Turtle Island, but…

Until I started writing for my new album, Aurora 12, I wasn’t aware each gift in the song, Twelve Days of Christmas, relates to a Christian symbol. The gift of the first day of Christmas in the traditional…

You never really know how fans or music critics will react to certain songs until you put them to the test. 

My brother, who is my webmaster and unofficial music promoter, was recently invited to submit one of the songs…

Deion Blackman isn't exactly the Little Drummer Boy - he's a beat boxer and he's not so little anymore. But like Little Drummer Boy, from the same titled Christmas song, Deion can certainly hold a beat and he does it…

Many years ago I was lucky enough to have a best friend I worked with, we played in a party band and wrote music together and even shared a house for a short time. We went through several studio iterations…

We started Aurora 12 with an idea that we needed to contribute to what I saw as a gap in Christmas music, a space where Indigenous people were not represented as much as I would like to have seen. 

What…

I was thinking about the northern lights today and the mystique that surrounds them. It’s a fitting thought for the kind of magic that we experience at this time of year, and yet, I wonder if this year will be…

As we approach the launch of a new album, I am reminded of the importance of a day that might not get the attention that it deserves this year. 

With increased focus and precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s…

Things are really starting to come together for the release of my new album. And, yes, we’ve settled on a name for this collection of songs – a name that was recently endorsed by Elders Dr. Reg and Rose…

I recently ventured out to a secluded location on the Elbow River, near Stampede Park in Calgary, with photographer Ramsey Kunkel and my long-time friend Heather Petrie Hill in tow. We were going on a photo shoot for a new…