INDIE|ACTRESS|R&B|SONGWRITER
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS:
2022 - Winner Best Pop Album Recording Native American Music Awards & 5 Nominations Native American Music Awards - Best Pop, Best Female Vocal, Best Music Video, Song of the Year from an Album, Best Debut Artist
2022 - Los Angeles Intercontinental Music Awards [Finalist] for Wilding (R&B Single)
2022 - R&B Single of the Year [Awarded] Intern'l Indigenous Hip Hop Awards
2022 - Indigenous Superstars Awards - Best Pop Recording - [Awarded]
2022 - Indigenous Superstars Awards - Rising Star [Awarded]
2021 - R&B Single of the Year (Nominated) Intern'l Indigenous Hip Hop Awards
2019 - Emerging Indigenous Artist Award WINNER presented by ATB Branch for Arts & Culture [Indigenous Women's Business Panel Gala]
2019 - Edmonton Music Award [Nominated], Indigenous Recording of the Year
2018 - Edmonton Music Award [Nominated], Indigenous Recording of the Year
2016 - Spirit Seekers Youth Role Model Award WINNER for Arts, Music & Creativity
2015 - TD Meloche Monnex Leadership Award WINNER University of Alberta
2013 - Esquao Young Woman of Vision Award WINNER
2013 - Servus Young & Free Alberta Scholarship; Servus Credit Union WINNER
2011 - Spirit Seekers Youth Role Model Award for Arts, Music & Creativity WINNER
Artist Development:
2022 Ohsokoto'kino Music Incubator, National Music Centre - Calgary, AB
2021 - Alberta Music Songwriting Camp R&B and Hip Hop Series
2020 - Canadian Songwriting Challenge in participation with Alberta Music & Bell Media
2019 - AE West Canada's Music Incubator (5-week) Artist Development, National Music Centre - Calgary, AB, Canada
2019 - Indigenous Music Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
AWARDS/PRESS/ACCOLADES
MOST RECENT RADIO ACCOLADES
MOST RECENT RADIO ACCOLADES
Barley Soup #11 - National Indigenous Music Countdown Top 40 (2019)
Learn to Breathe #1 - Jukasa Radio Top 40 Music Countdown May 2021
Unceded #1 - National Indigenous Music Countdown Top 40 Sept 2021
Wildling #8 - National Indigenous Music Countdown Top 40 2022
PRESS
PRESS
The album Redneck Reservation tackles some difficult themes of love and loss, perhaps most bravely and poignantly on Still, a number about losing a child to a stillbirth — something McArthur faced a few years ago — and subsequent feelings of isolation. - Roger Levesque, The Edmonton Journal - Entertainment section, Jan. 2019
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Indigenuity is a very well produced album with plenty of hooks for music fans. The eight songs on here display her talent and undeniable voice - Jamie Funk, Divide & Conquer Music Review, Dec. 2019
Link to review: https://www.divideandconquermusic.com/indie-music-album-reviews/melody-mcarthur-indigenuity
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Melody McArthur isn’t wasting time. She released Indigenuity back in 2019 and within about a year she released another full length entitled Rising Waters. This is a short album coming in at just over twenty minutes. The songs however pack a lot of punch and felt like there were precise pop gems. This is a great followup and truly shines a light on the range of talent she has. - Dave Weston, Divide & Conquer Music Review, Nov 2020 Link: https://www.divideandconquermusic.com/indie-music-album-reviews/archives/11-2020/4
Kizmet is arguably her best release yet. The seven songs come in around twenty-five minutes and go down very smoothly. Up first is “Unceded” and McArthur is in top notch form here. She dabbles with flow, classical singing and more. There are a lot of bases covered with the vocal approach alone. It’s a shimmering, upbeat song that does mention things like taking your own path, cancel culture and finding what you want - Jamie Funk, Divide & Conquer Music Review, April 29, 2022
https://www.divideandconquermusic.com/indie-music-album-reviews/melody-mcarthur-indigenuity1554410
CANADIAN BEATS INTERVIEW:
https://canadianbeats.ca/2022/03/28/interview-melody-mcarthur/
MUSKRAT MAGAZINE FEATURE:
INDIGENOUS WOMEN MUSICIANS SLAYING IT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY - MAGAZINE Article
SAY MAGAZINE MUSIC FEATURE - Issue 114 - May 2022
https://indigenousinmusic.com/melody-mcarthur-saltydog-don-amero/