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KANDIA CRAZY HORSE is an indigenous (Pamunkey) singer-songwriter and activist based in Lenapehoking. Since the release of her critically acclaimed debut Stampede, she has graced stages with her Native Americana trio CACTUS ROSE NYC -- featuring Lonnie Harrington (Seminole/Shawnee/Cherokee) on guitar & Jeff McLaughlin on lead guitar -- including performing at the (3rd annual) Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, the Another Country festival, the Grand Ole Echo @ SXSW, Oberlin Folk Festival, and beyond. Kandia has organized and performed at benefits for Indian Country including the “Sacred Water Medicine Show” she curated at Decolonize This Place (Artists Space) in Manhattan and a “Benefit Concert For Water Protectors at Standing Rock” at Brooklyn, NY’s Jalopy Theatre. Influenced by Richie Havens, Buffalo Springfield, Brandi Carlile, and Tuscarora/Taino icon Pura Fé, Cactus Rose NYC’s music focuses on experiences of urban natives and others of Indian Country. She expresses an authentic and rich sonic vision of Affrilachian and indigenous styles of the southeast and Californian Laurel Canyon sounds. In 2022, Kandia served as a judge of Hamburg, Germany’s Reeperbahn Festival on their ANCHOR Award Board. She performed at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in July 2023 as part of the Songs of the Living Choir in the Afrofuturist opera “Parable of the Sower” written by Bernice Johnson Reagon (Sweet Honey in the Rock) & Toshi Reagon. In December 2023, Kandia received the Color Me Country grant from Newport Festivals Foundation. On May 3rd 2024, Cactus Rose NYC headlined the Oberlin Folk Festival in Oberlin, Ohio & they performed again at the (10th annual) Brooklyn Americana Music Festival in September 2024. In October 2024, they performed at the Indigenous Day of Remembrance+Resistance and at the 3rd annual National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade. Cactus Rose NYC just released their first EP – “Live From Lenapehoking: Field Recordings” – at the end of August 2024. Praised for her fluency with varied Americana and cosmic country traditions, Kandia’s music unifies the ancient with indigenous futures. #CactusRoseNYC Follow on Instagram: @cactusroselovesyou
