Irene Bedard and Deni have been a band for 3 years.
They have recorded 3 records (the 3rd due out late Dec. 2006) and have been nominated for 2 Native American Music Awards (Nammys).
The first for best debut band and the second for band of the year.
Irene Bedard is best known as an actress and has starred in over 40 movies, and many television shows.
Irene was the speaking voice and likeness of Disneys ""Pocahontas "".
She has starred in many TNT movies such as"" Lakota Woman"",""Two for Texas"", ""Crazy Horse"" and Steven Spielbergs ""Into The West"" .
Cult classic ""Smoke Signals"", and many more (check out IMDB).
Irene has won over 15 best actress and best supporting actress awards .
Irene has several films to be released in 2007 including"" Tortilla Heaven"" with George Lopez and Elaine Miles, and ""Cosmic Radio"" with Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas and Micheal Madsen (which features new music from I.D.) to name a few.
She is also slated for projects with Liam Nieson and Rob Schnieder in the upcoming year.
Deni began his music study at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton Ohio working as a sound engineer from the age 15-22.
Deni learned music from the many legendary greats that played there during that time including blues greats Willie Dixon, Taj Mahal, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy to name a few. All sorts of musicians played there , all had an influence on him. Counrty to bluegrass, celtic to zydeco and many modern rock stars.
Deni s first band won many local band contests. This led him to leave Ohio for the big apple where he met Irene Bedard. They waited tables at the famous Around the Clock in the east village and were soon married.
Deni is an indie musician and recorded with many bands over the years and has starred in off Broadway theater. Deni won an mp3 Grammy for best male vocalist. He has scored 6 films.
Irene and Deni have married for a long time and have a 3 year old named Quinn. This new album was written entirely for him.
Irene and Deni have been around the world , played in almost every state and made many friends. This year we want to use that experience for something different.
In 2007 Irene Bedard and Deni will launch an acting and music program for Native American kids.
We have started booking our acting and music program tour.
We will be traveling to every village in Alaska this summer with Jim Boyd and Elaine Miles.Performing concerts and offering a workshop for Native kids .
We also will being doing some benefit concerts this year to raise money for the acting and music conference in L.A.
We plan to have the first camp or conference put together by the end of the year.
This is a full scholarship program for the students and their parents to attend , .
We will be touring a lot this year with Jim Boyd (6 time Nammy winner) and Elaine Miles (star of many movies and tv shows including Northern Exposure) Bringing music and comedy to many casinos and schools across the country.
Not only will we will raise money,we will speak with educators on how best to implement our program. As well as doing all the publicity.
2007 finds us playing many interesting shows, including the
Iditarod in Alaska in Feb., the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love at the Golden Gate park in San Fran. And the first annual Indian Child Welfare day in Sacramento this fall.
We will be on the east coast in late summer playing in Washington D.C. , Conn, and New York.
The band is booked by (Knifewing)@Native Stars 505-863-0644 -