Luck Reunion artist. Per this article:
Singer/songwriter Agalisiga Mackey, or "Chuj" as he's known, cuts quite the country figure. With his long hair tucked under a wide-brimmed hat, he's strumming through three chords and the truth, voice cresting in a delicate yodel, as he covers Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." But there's a catch: Mackey's singing in Cherokee.
Mackey, from Oklahoma, is the only artist writing and performing country music in the ancient Cherokee language, which is so endangered that only 2,000 native speakers remain.
The article is a good rundown of the loss of native Cherokee speakers and how he is trying to keep the language alive. He teaches it to children when not performing.
"Tsitsutsa Tsigesv" was submitted for NPR Tiny Desk Contest last year. I like his yodeling.
"Usvdona Itlugv (The Hollow Tree)" is his submission to the contest this year. I like the "No Flute Zone" sign behind the stage.
This is good, too.
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