This week on Earthsongs: Thea Hopkins

  Thea Hopkins is a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, Martha’s Vineyard. She is also part Iroquois, African-American, Irish, French, and Portugese. She tours internationally with her Americana/Contemporary Folk style, being compared to icons such as Nick Drake and Bob Dylan. The legendary group Peter, Paul & Mary recorded Thea’s song “Jesus is on the Wire” in 2004, saying “Thea Hopkins is one of the most literate, poetic, emotionally moving of the new songwriters to arrive on the scene in the last few years.” Her song “Chickasaw” won first place in the American Songwriter Lyric Contest in 2012. She was chosen to be a 2016 fellow of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation and is currently working on a new album to be released in 2017.

Discography
Lilac Sky – EP (2012)
Chickasaw (2007)
Birds of Mystery (2001)

Playlist

Artist (Song) Album

1. 1. Sister Says (The Deception) The Only Way
   2. Annie Humphrey (Plane Crash) Uncombed Hair
   3. Nahko and Medicine for the People (San Quentin) HOKA
   4. John McLeod (Lonely Indian Man) 3 of a Kind
   5. Fawn Wood (A Song for Mosom) Kikāwiynaw
   6. Thea Hopkins (Lilac Sky) Lilac Sky – EP
   7. Thea Hopkins (Medicine Line) Chickasaw
   8. Thea Hopkins (Newspaper Wings) Chickasaw
   9. Twin Flames (Whispers in the Dark) Jaaji and Chelsey June
   10. Shining Soul (Good Times) Politics Aside
   11. Broken Walls (Northern Lights) The Path
   12. Spiritual Rez (Whiskey) Setting in the WestH