Martha Redbone Roots Project

Martha Redbone- vocalist/songwriter/composer/educator, longtime collaborator/husband Aaron Whitby and family band of funkateers, play Afro-Indigenous Americana- “a brilliant collision of cultures” (New Yorker)- a music gumbo of folk, blues and gospel inspired by her childhood in coal country Appalachia infused with the eclectic grit of pre-gentrified New York City.

A powerful vocal range from her gospel-singing African American father and resilient spirit of her mother’s southeastern Cherokee/Choctaw culture and heritage, Redbone broadens boundaries in American Roots music. Songs and storytelling share life as a Black Indigenous woman and mother navigating in the new millennium, social justice issues and celebrating the human spirit.

Photo by Christine Jean Chambers.