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MICHAEL BUCHER
Acoustic / Folk / Folk Rock

2009 NAMA WINNER FOR "BEST COMPILATION ALBUM"



BIRCHWOOD, Wisconsin
United States

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   MICHAEL BUCHER: General Info
Member Since1/13/2007
Band Websitewww.michaelbucher.com
Band Members

Joanne Shenandoah & Michael Bucher

Bitter Tears Sacred Ground

2009 Native American Music Awards Winner
'Best Compilation' Album

2009 Indian Summer Music Awards Winner
'Best Folk' category


2009 NAMA award winners for Best Compilation  - Karla LaRive (Studio West Mgt) Michael, Joanne Shenandoah, Dennis Kinsey (Hondo Mesa)
2009 Native American Music Awards
Karla LaRive (Studio West Mgt) Michael, Joanne Shenandoah, Dennis Kinsey (Hondo Mesa Records)



Hondo Mesa Records presents
"Bitter Tears Sacred Ground,"
an album honoring Johnny Cash, Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Peter LaFarge and featuring Joanne Shenandoah
and Michael Bucher.



"Joanne Shenandoah and Michael Bucher speak from their hearts on 'Bitter Tears -- Sacred Ground’…They've constructed a proud and noble collection…The sounds of their voices and guitars are striking...Shenandoah sings 'The Star Spangled Banner' gloriously a cappella, one voice, soaring…And the CD closes with 'America,' gorgeously written and sung by Shenandoah..."

Mark Bialczak, Music Critic
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
February 1, 2009


To order Bitter Tears- Sacred Ground click here:
Hondo Mesa Records

Produced by Dennis Kinsey and Joanne Shenandoah



| Quotes |


"Michael Bucher is an American songwriting icon." -- Native People's Magazine

"Michael's music is some of the best I've heard in a long time. Nothing less than phenomenal" -- Vincent Schilling, author/columnist for Indian Country Today

"Michael's music and his 'Dirty Water' video is an excellent recourse for teaching college students about American Indian Sacred Sites. Thank you for your hard work." Reno Charette - Director of American Indian Studies - Montana State Univ./Billings

"Thank you beyond my ability to express into words for your music. When I first heard 'Don't Forget About Me', I cried, and still do. It touches me in a very deep and sacred place." -- Mary Jo -- fan from Petaluma, Ca.




Trailer for On Sacred Ground

On Sacred Ground Film Documentary | Aegis Film Group <br>(2008)

from Aegis Film and Television Group

Don't Forget About Me
Written & Performed by
Michael Bucher




1st Annual Native E Music Awards
El Rey Theatre
September 20, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico

2008 NEMA Winner
"Best Political Song"
DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME




1st Annual Native E Music Awards 2008
from Christopher Crosby
musicseenPROductions






Management Representation & Public Relations for Michael Bucher

Karla LaRive | Studio West Management
Subsidiary of PK PRODUCTIONS LLC
Post Office Box 752, Hot Springs South Dakota 57747 USA

On The Net: Studio West Management



Influences Buddy Red Bow, Buffy Saint Marie, Joanne Shenandoah, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, John Trudell, Bill Miller
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   About MICHAEL BUCHER

ABOUT MICHAEL BUCHER

MICHAEL BUCHER (Artist) is a Cherokee singer-songwriter who was taught from the beginning of his memory the stories, language and legends of his people. His songs are intended to teach, heal and bring an awareness to everyone who hears them. He sings about topics that are important to him and others in Indian Country. From the desecration of sacred sites, to Cherokee legends, to the sometimes seemingly Invisible Indian, there's a passionate quality throughout. With strong vocals and heartfelt lyrics, his music is a blend of acoustic guitar, native and a contemporary drum, flute, shakers, rattles, bass and electric guitars, and cuts a swath through native folk, blues and rock.

On the Net: MichaelBucher.Com
Email: seven@indianheadtel.net




MICHAEL BUCHER
IICOC Artist of the Month
March 2009





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Michael Bucher writes in his own words....


Photo by KR LaRive 2008


"If this music helps one person to survive, to heal, or helps them on their way to wellbriety, it is all worth the effort. If it helps one person realize they do have a voice and can help stop the desecration, it did what it was intended. If it helps one person understand everyone of us makes mistakes, but it's never to late to return to our center, and in a good way, enjoy the journey we're on, it is complete.

I came from a musical family where almost everyone was self taught. I grew up listening to Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn and all the popular country music artists of the day. As a teenager my musical tastes expanded to include Rock, Blues, and R&B.

By my early twenties I started writing my own songs and through the years have refined my style and approach to music. My influences and inspirations are broad and varied, but some of who include Buddy Red Bow, Johnny Cash, Buffy St.Marie, Neil Young and Bill Miller.

One of my favorite hobbies is Native style drum making. I made my first drum when I was eight years old with the help of my grandmother. Years later I came back to Native drums and now make hand drums and old pow-wow style drums, which are logs that I hollow out and lace various types of rawhide heads to. The Native drum that you hear on this CD, Seven, was made by me. My feelings for the drum are strong. The tree is a gift from the Creator. It is part of the balance and stays true to it's purpose. The drum is a sacred vessel that should not to be mistreated or disrespected. It is the heartbeat of the people."




2009 Native American Music Awards



DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME

Nominated for 2009
"Best Short Form Music Video"

11th Annual Native American Music Awards
Niagara Falls, NY

from
Christopher Crosby
musicseenPROductions
(2008)



MICHAEL BUCHER | DONT FORGET ABOUT ME feat. JOANNE SHENANDOAH



2007 and 2008 Native American Music Awards nominee Michael Bucher films his latest music video, DON’T FORGET ABOUT ME at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, Hot Springs, South Dakota.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT ME
was produced and filmed in association by 2007 and 2008 Native American Music Awards nominees (Best Short Form Music Video) Producer, Karla LaRive of PK Productions (South Dakota) and Director/Editor, Christopher Crosby of musicseenPROductions (New York).

This is the third indigenous music video from PK Productions which features additional vocals by Grammy Award and 12 time Native American Music Awards winner, Joanne Shenandoah. Re-enactor performances by Paula Tonemah and Krista K. Knapp.

The music video was shot on location at the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary’s petrogylph site, Badlands National Park, Wounded Knee Memorial, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota along with other regional locations in July 2008.

“The music video deals with the protection of Native burial grounds, Native grave sites and sacred sites. I try to tell people you wouldn’t want your grandmother’s grave dug up…nor do American Indian people. And, yet, it happens every day in Indian Country” says Michael Bucher.

The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary is the largest private non-profit wild horse sanctuary in northern America and has been in continuous operation since 1988. It is home to over 500 wild mustangs plus several film and television projects. Additional productions filmed on location at the Sanctuary are; Touchstone Pictures, HIDALGO; TNT made-for television movie, CRAZY HORSE; and Sean Penn’s INTO THE WILD.

On the Net:

www.michaelbucher.com
www.wildmustangs.com
www.myspace.com/pk_productions
www.myspace.com/musicseenPROductions

On Location in Western South Dakota
for Don't Forget About Me


photo by KR LaRive and C Crosby
2008



DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME

Lyrics and Music by Michael Bucher

I'm the one who has painted on the rock in the desert sun, I'm the one was buried with the small pox blanket on the run, I'm the one who built my burial ground for all to see never dreaming that the grave robbers prize would be me.

(Chorus) Don't forget about me I'm the voice singing in your head. Don't forget about me I told the stories that you have. Don't forget about me take notice of all they do if they do it to me who's to say they won't do it to you.

I'm the one with my heart buried at Wounded Knee, I'm the one who was tossed in the ditch of the Trail of Tears, I'm the one who was buried with my medicine bag in my hand, now my medicine bag is on some collector's stand - don't forget about me - don't forget about me.

I'm the one who has seen all the genocide first hand, they couldn't cheat me fast enough take what I had now, they built their trophy houses right on top of my grave, if they have no honor, than they have no shame. (Chorus)


MICHAEL BUCHER
DIRTY WATER A tribute Music Video to
Bear Butte Mountain, South Dakota
2008

Nominated for 2008

"Best Short Form Music Video/DVD"

10th Annual
Native American Music Awards
October 4th, 2008
Seneca Niagara Hotel and Casino
Niagara Falls, NY



MICHAEL BUCHER|DIRTY WATER


"Michael Bucher delivers a straight forward message...Dirty Water is a compelling video...."

Vincent Schilling, Correspondent
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY



PK PRODUCTIONS, LLC Michael Bucher, and musicseenPROductions nominated for a 2008 Native American Music Awards for "Best Short Form Video/DVD" for DIRTY WATER, a tribute to Bear Butte Mountain, South Dakota.

DIRTY WATER is written and performed by (2007) NAMA nominated "Best Debut Artist" and "Best Folk Recording" Native American acoustic singer/songwriter Michael Bucher and produced in association with Christopher Crosby - musicseenPROductions (Videographer/Editor) and Karla LaRive (Producer) of PK Productions, LLC; (2007) NAMA nominees for "Best Short Form Music Video/DVD" for Native Hip Hop Artist/Activist, Shadowyze BUMPY ROADS.

THE MUSIC VIDEO

DIRTY WATER is a tribute video about the spiritual battle of Mato Paha - Bear Butte Mountain, being threatened by the encroachment of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, South Dakota.

On the Northeastern edge of the Black Hills, just a few miles from the small town of Sturgis, off Highway 34, lies one of the most sacred mountains to the Plains Indians from the United States and Canada.

Up to 60 different tribes traveled to Bear Butte to fast and pray. Separated by about 8 miles of prairie from the greater Black Hills, which are also considered sacred by these same nations of people, Bear Butte looks like a sleeping bear lying on its side with its head pointed toward the northeast. Geologists call Bear Butte a laccolith, or a bubble of magma that did not become a complete volcano.

All the tribes of the Sioux people: Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota, came to Bear Butte to pray. The months of May, June, and July will see families camped at the base while a relative is standing on the side of the mountain fasting in deep meditation. Small colored pieces of cloth containing pinches of tobacco are wrapped around trees and bushes as prayer gifts to the Creator. Larger flags of red, white, black, or yellow, the sacred colors, also are tied to trees to carry the prayers to all the directions.

Bear Butte, the mountain proper, is currently a National Historic Landmark managed by the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department. Although a few parcels of adjacent land have been purchased by some Native American nations, the rest of the surrounding area is ranchland, or is being sold to developers. Two drag racing strips, biker bars, a convenience store, campgrounds, and housing developments are all located within a few miles of this sacred place.

The tribute music video was shot on-location during the 2007 Sturgis Rally in the Black Hills, South Dakota including: Bear Butte Mountain State Park; City of Sturgis; Fort Meade National Cemetery; Reddy Ranch/Wounded Knee; Oglala Nation Pow-Wow/Pine Ridge Reservation; Hartman Ranch/Oelrichs, South Dakota and, Seneca Niagara Casino and Hotel, New York.

On the Net: Protect Bear Butte


Electronic Press Kit
from musicseenPROductions
produced in association with
PK Productions LLC
2008


Michael Bucher | Electronic Press Kit


“The music video deals with the protection of Native burial grounds, Native grave sites and sacred sites. I try to tell people you wouldn’t want your grandmother’s grave dug up…nor do American Indian people. And, yet, it happens every day in Indian Country”

~ Michael Bucher ~


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Nov 27 2009 1:53 PM

hey my friend...how goes it for you?????????i have created another michael bucher fanatic in my boss......he really digs seven.......
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Nov 27 2009 12:00 PM

i am on a journey today with my daughter to Qualla.  u will be with us.  bless you and the mrs.  wado, g


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Oct 31 2009 4:56 PM

osiyo, hope you are well.  can not wait for the new record and our next visit.  surely we have been friends before this current life.  best wishes from the lower towns in south carolina.  wado, g
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Oct 15 2009 3:38 PM

Hey :)
hows it going?
I just put a new video up, its one of my new songs!
tell me what you think?!
I also have a new blog so if ur bored check that out.
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Oct 13 2009 1:56 AM

AHO MY BROTHER MICHAEL...CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NAMMY...I SAW YOU IN ALBUQUERQUE WHEN I LIVED THERE...YOU HAVE A TRUE GIFT...MANY BLESSINGS AND PRAYERS...CHI MIIGWETCH...AHO
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Oct 10 2009 4:49 AM

my passion runs very strong for our ancestors and i think that they and the great spirit are proud of our strength and courage and determination that we show for our people. is it wrong for me to be ashamed of the white side of me? when i think about the atrosities that have been committed against our people, it makes me want to hide the white blood that flows through me.thank you for the nice things you said, hope to hear from you soon.
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