''Dig Your Roots/Découvre tes racines'' is a Canadian series of compilation albums, released by the

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(NCRA/ANREC) in the 2000s to promote new and emerging artists."Digging for talent; Dig Your Roots searches below the surface to uncover Canada's great music potential". ''

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'', November 21, 2005. The project was launched in 2002, utilizing development funding that

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provided to the NCRA/ANREC as part of a benefits package relating to a major radio acquisition transaction. Each year's ''Dig Your Roots'' compilation focused on a particular genre of music. Submissions were judged by a panel that first chose up to 100 artists to be featured through

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on the project's

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."Dig Your Roots Talent Search". '' Sudbury Star'', November 10, 2005. It then chose the 15 best entries for the CD compilation. The albums were also promoted by a series of live

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broadcasts which aired on participating campus and

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stations across Canada.

Project 1: Hip Hop (2003)

The first album, released in 2003, featured unsigned hip hop artists. The five associated concert shows were held on March 17 in Surrey,

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; March 20 in

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749, ...

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; March 23 in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

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; March 26 in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

; and March 29 in Halifax,

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. In '' Exclaim!'s'' review of the album, critic Thomas Quinlan called it "the greatest Canadian hip-hop compilation since ''Cold Front''", claiming that it had corrected "the mistakes of '' Rap Essentials''." # Vandal (Toronto) – Urban Camper (3:51) # First Words featuring Cess (Rothesay) – Down With Putting Raps Down (3:51) # Wyzah (Montreal) – Three Angels (3:42) # The Goods (Halifax) – Monkey Motion Shuffle (2:52) # War Party (Hobbema) – Feeling Reserved (3:26) # Illa Brown/Kutcorners (Vancouver) – Rock On Ya Block (3:37) # Classified (Halifax) – Unexpected (3:49) # Dangerous Goods Collective (Edmonton) – No More Nice Guy (4:10) #

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(Toronto) – Brain Storming (2:04) # Frek Sho (Winnipeg) – Fort Rouge (2:42) # Les Architekts (Montreal) – le diable joue un jeu (4:45) ¹ # Half Life (Montreal) – Secrets of Society (4:45) # Ink Operated (Surrey) – Chant It Ooh Ah Oh (3:06) #

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(Vancouver) – Another Day (4:10) # Eye + Eye (Toronto) – Snapshots (5:52)

Notes

¹ Due to manufacturer error, another song, Anodajay's "Le détenu", was mistakenly substituted on the CD for this one. ''Dig Your Roots'' subsequently released a special three-song sampler of Les Architekts' songs to compensate for the error.

Project 2: Spoken Word (2004)

The second album, one of two released in 2004, focused on

spoken word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...

poetry and storytelling. # Steph Berntson (Sackville) – Barreling Madly (2:07) # Kevin Matthews (Winnipeg) – Arsenic and Boldface (3:05) # Derek Bradford (Halifax) – I Spy (1:53) # Ève Langevin (Montreal) – Bulletin de nouvelles en bref, version 1 (1:09) # Gein Wong (Toronto) – A Paper Son (2:35) # Khyro (Montreal) – Fragment de Réflection du Mirroir 2: Forêt Vierge (1:55) # Jeremy Gorman (Fredericton) – Pussycat Pussycat (1:29) #

Barbara Adler Barbara Adler is a musician, poet, and storyteller based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a past Canadian Team Slam Champion, was a founding member of the Vancouver Youth Slam, and a past CBC Poetry Face Off winner. She was a founding membe ...

(Coquitlam) – In the Time Before (3:50) # Nico Rogers (Winnipeg) – Hard to choke your artichoke heart (1:22) # Julie Parrell (Winnipeg) – Untitled (2:23) # Odessa Thornhill (Montreal) – I Sold My Wealth (1:02) # T.L. Cowan (Edmonton) – homebody/homegirl (4:40) # Heather Majaury (Waterloo) – Mother’s Song (4:25) # Janet Marie Rogers (Victoria) – Make Me / Sombrio Spirit (4:18) # Unblind (North York) – Mythology (1:43)

Project 3: Electronic Dance (2004)

The third album, also released in 2004 simultaneously with the spoken word album, focused on

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...

. # Alexandre (La Butte) – Qu'elle a dit (3:58) # D_MON (Dartmouth) – Don't Listen (3:51) # Chinese Jetpilot (London) – Return of the Phat Dragon (DYR Edit) (3:28) # Blackjwell (Montreal) – Falls (4:38) # East Coast Disaster Complex (Victoria) – Robbiemart (3:38) # Balboa (Winnipeg) – Ballad of the Lonely Mogwai (3:56) # Alucard (Winnipeg) – Triple Wave (edit) (4:27) # DĀV (Montreal) – Parisian Dream (4:31) # d*rogers (Ottawa) – Did 2 Much (Grooveboy Remix) (4:46) # Big Phat McNasty (Kamloops) – Rogue State (4:15) # Gary Flanagan (Rothesay) – Driver (3:16) # DJ Oxide (Winnipeg) – Sundae (4:05) # Zenobia Salik & the United ElectroSoul Underground (Vancouver) – Headphones (Vegas Lounge Mix) (5:04) # Guru-shishya (Hamilton) – Cagian 3 (3:56) #

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(Montreal) – quand peanut fait dodo (3:24)

Project 4: Roots (2005)

The 2005 album centred on roots music artists. # The Cracker Cats (Saskatoon) –Darkness (2:45) # D. Rangers (Winnipeg) – Coughin Up Blood (2:55) # Paul Paulin (St. Joseph du Lac) – J'ai pas n'cent su moé (3:47) # Anne Louise Genest (Whitehorse) – Paradise Road (3:38) #

John Wort Hannam John Wort Hannam is a Canadian folk musician, from Fort Macleod, Alberta. He is known for his story telling through music. Themes which are central to his music include life in Western Canada, and the human experience as seen through the eyes of ...

(Fort Macleod) – Church of the Long Grass (4:06) # Penny Lang (Montreal) – Prairie Sky (3:08) # Jory Nash (Willowdale) – Citizen's Waltz (3:49) # Glen Reid (Burk's Falls) – Lifeline to the Heartland (4:04) # The Flummies (Happy Valley - Goose Bay) – Comb Your Hair Flat Down (3:06) # Les Chauffeurs à pieds (Québec) – Marie la chamelle & reel du poteau blanc (5:31) # Barley Wik (Victoria) – View of the Station (2:23) # Jane Eamon (Kelowna) – Ruckus in the Henhouse (4:26) # Tim Harrison (Toronto) – Elizabeth's Lament (3:38) # Petunia (Fredericton) – The Lonesome Pine Hollows (3:56) # Rob Currie (Halifax) – Rape of Grand Pré (3:23)

Project 5: Aboriginal (2006)

The 2006 album focused on

aboriginal music Indigenous music is a term for the traditional music of the indigenous peoples of the world, that is, the music of an "original" ethnic group that inhabits any geographic region alongside more recent immigrants who may be greater in number. The te ...

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, Métis and

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artists. # Sandy Scofield (Vancouver BC) – Faith (feat.

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) (4:49) # Shirley Montague (Norris Point NL) – Ijiatsuk (3:54) # The Pappy Johns Band with Murray Porter (Ohsweken ON) – Going Back (5:02) # Elaine Jakesta (Watson Lake YT) – Healed Heroes (2:20) # Ed Peekeekoot (Crofton BC) – Wild Lilies to Wheat Fields (3:12) # Jef Tremblay et les Éléments (Québec QC) – Tanite Etuteiak (3:48) # X-STATUS (Winnipeg MB) – Still Around (2:55) # Sinuupa (Kuujjuag QC) – Simple Man (Explicit Language) (4:46) # Eekwol (Saskatoon SK) – Too Sick (4:15) # Tagaq (Cambridge Bay NU) – Breather (5:27) # Rez Villain (Bedford NS) – Charismatic Manner (Explicit Language) (3:45) # Leela Gilday (Yellowknife NT) – Rage (4:12) # Richard M. Gloade (Fredericton NB) – The Mean Song (3:11) # Graeme Jonez (Toronto ON) – Black Magic Goldmine (3:18) #

Digging Roots Digging Roots is a Canadian musical group consisting of husband and wife duo Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish, whose musical style blends folk-rock, pop, blues, and hip hop.while Raven was awarded the Cobalt Award at the 2016 Maple Blues Awards. ...

(Barrie ON) – Going Back (4:48)

Project 6: Experimental Jazz (2007)

The 2007 album featured experimental jazz artists."What’s The Frequency, Campus?: Dig Your Roots"
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'', March 23, 2007. # Georges Koufogiannakis, "Yo, Mo D." (5:05) # TFC, "Acting on the Assumption" (4:48) # Colin Fisher, "Zig Zag" (6:05) # Bitchin, "2005-05-27 08:13:55" (6:43) # Duane Andrews, "Improvisations on the First Movement of Mozart's String Quintet in G Minor K516" (2:49) # Avi Granite: 6, "Ghetto Panda" (7:13) # Inhabitants, "Main Drag" (5:11) # UniSecs, "À Travers" (5:16) # Gordon Grdina's Box Cutter, "Tidal Wave" (5:37) # The Barriomatic Trust, "The Ruined Map" (3:29) # The Beni D Band, "Walk'n' the Ave" (5:11) # Sons of Colborne, "Up v. Down" (4:25) # Jesse Zubot, "Nootropics" (4:23) # BoboK (2), "Erroné" (4:03) # Tyler Hornby, "Shadows of a Brighter Day" (5:18)

References

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External links

Dig Your Roots at the NCRA
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