APTN announces Indigenous Music Accelerator winners

WINNIPEG — Broadcaster APTN today announced the winners of the first annual 2021 Indigenous Music Accelerator (IMA), presented by RBCxMusic. The IMA program, announced in May, supports “Indigenous musicians actively working in the music industry who are looking to take their career to the next level,” reads a press release. Chosen from hundreds of applicants across Canada, the seven successful candidates “represent a diverse collection of musical genres and styles,” the release says. The recipients are Andrew Joseph Stevens III (aka Drives the Common Man), Blue Moon Marquee, Cody Coyote, Jacob Hoskins, Mimi O’Bonsawin, TheRa1 1n and Robin Cisek. “The selected artists will...