Our Pick: Singing the blues makes hearts soar

Artist-The Wolfpack
Album-Family Thang
Song-Keep It Fair
Label-Independent
Producer-The Wolfpack

The members of The Wolfpack are still singing the blues, despite taking home an award from the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards held in Toronto in November.

The Six Nations based band took home the award for Best Blues Album, the second time they'd claimed that honor. The 2005 win was for the group's third album, Family Thang, while their first win in 2003 was for The Wolfpack's debut album, Every Lil' Thing. The band also took home a CAMA in 2004 for Best Group or Duo.

The title of the latest album is an apt description of The Wolfpack, which is undeniably a family thang. Five brothers-Darren, James, Chad, Jason and Troy Martin-make up the core of the band, with little sister Faith joining in to provide backing vocals on the album. Three of the brothers-Jason, Darren and Troy-provide vocals on the album. Darren is also the band's bass player, while Troy joins brother James on guitar and Chad does the drumming.

All the songs on the CD are original, with all but one written by the members of the band. That song, Nothing Better to Do, was written by longtime collaborator Doyle Bomberry.