Utah musician Michael Gross, who records and performs under the name Whisperhawk, is about to release a new album whose songs reflect his Indigenous heritage and tribal history.
Michael Gross, who records and performs under the name Whisperhawk, an Indigenous musician in Utah, at Fort Douglas, on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.“ are three things that I care about, which are music, the culture and where I come from,” Gross said. “So, to me, it just made sense to try to combine the best I could.”and half Welsh. His upcoming album “Keepers of the Earth Vol. 2″ is steeped in cultural reflections and, as he put it, “thoughts on events that affect” his tribe.
When he wrote the first volume, Gross said he was just getting involved with Native American politics, taking a leadership position on his tribe’s council. The resulting tracks are stripped down, with some of the indie-rock flair Gross said he wanted to infuse in the tracks. There’s some light guitar and drums here and there, creating a folk and Americana vibe, like a grittier version of The Lumineers.
Gross continued: “You go from just living your normal life and taking care of your family and your people and just surviving, really, and then seemingly overnight, everything’s changed. You don’t recognize anything that’s happening, and then you just get murdered. … Your tribe folk are just murdered in a sneak attack massacre at dawn in the middle of winter.
“We are Indigenous to this area, northern Utah, in Willow Valley — that’s what the Shoshone called it, but we know now as Cache Valley,” he said.
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