Folk and Blues Rocker Keith Secola is Mariposa Bound
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A guitarist and aboriginal flute player, singer-songwriter, and music producer, Keith Secola is an accomplished folk and blues rocker.
His song, NDN KARS, which receives heavy play on aboriginal radio, is considered by many to be a contemporary Aboriginal American anthem.
Originally from the Mesabi Iron Range country of northern Minnesota and now residing in Arizona, this versatile Ojibwa artist has an audience that spreads from North America to Europe.
He’s a seven-time Native American Music Awards winner and an inductee into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame.
Critics have dubbed him the aboriginal version of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.
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