How Robbie Robertson's hidden Indigenous and Jewish heritage influenced The Band's mournful songs
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How Robbie Robertson's hidden Indigenous and Jewish heritage influenced The Band's mournful songs

Salon  

The word "mythic" appears in nearly every appraisal of the recently deceased Robbie Robertson's immense contribution to popular music. Having spent time in a school – not a residential one, but still oppressive – that tried to "take the Indian out of the Indian," Robertson's mother was painfully aware of the threat of racism. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism Robertson's musical experimentation and politics grew more radical on his next record, 1998's "Contact from the Underworld Redboy." In the records that followed, up to and including 2019's "Semantic," Robertson continued to perform songs that honored and navigated Indigenous tradition, culture and spirituality.

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