Calgary, Edmonton on stop for Red Ride Tour

The Red Ride Tour will be in Calgary on May 15 and Edmonton on May 16. This is the fifth incarnation of the Red Ride Tour, which sees a mix of musical genres and Indigenous artists. Classical grunge musician Kristi Lane Sinclair, who conceived of the tour, will be paired with popular rocker and Juno award-winning Mohawk artist Derek Miller in Calgary and the two will be joined by Dene musician Jay Gilday in Edmonton. The two-month Red Ride Tour is a collective of Aboriginal musicians whose goal is to showcase the diverse talent of artists across North America in what is described as an eclectic community of culture. As well as playing cities across Canada from Vancouver to Montreal, the tour expands their US dates this year and will feature the multi-talented Tlingit/Aleut artist and musician Silver Jackson and critically-acclaimed cellist Cris Derksen, who has been Sinclair’s partner-in-crime for every Red Ride tour so far. With the mainstream success of artists like Tanya Tagaq and A Tribe Called Red, the Red Ride Tour is an opportunity for audiences to discover more of what the Indigenous community has to offer. “This is our fifth year in a row taking Indigenous acts on the road across Canada, and each year it grows,” said Sinclair. “It started out as just Cris and I, in my little Chevy Optra hatchback, driving across Canada, playing live music venues. And now this year, we have acts... huge acts... and a massive North American Tour!”