“Music as protest, a way to spread ideas, and bring people together is an old tradition here in the USofA. While it peaked in the 60’s, there continues to be bands that use music to reach people and to affect change. In 1992 while on tour with The Ramones, I met the Benally family. At the time they were a young band going by the name Blackfire. I loved them for their passion and anger, and in a world where everyone seemed to be looking for something to protest, as members of the Navajo Nation, their struggle was and is real. We worked together on their first record (which almost prophetically was drum and bass heavy) and I have watched them grow into the people they are and the band they’ve become. Sihasin is the culmination of years making music and activism the tools to help bring about social and environmental justice. On this new record “Fight Like A Woman” Jeneda and Clayson strive for those ideals through their words and their music with the same passion as the young band I met 25+ years ago. Hear with your ears but listen with your heart.     

Love to you both Brother and Sister,

-CJ Ramone – The Ramones

          

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Albums

Never Surrender

Jeneda and Clayson of Blackfire new explosive duo of Bass and Drums transcending labels thats rooted in Native, Rock, Punk and World.

Fight Like A Woman

A politically charged explosive organic sound of just bass and drums and harmonizing vocals with Navajo traditional chants.

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Multi-award winning musicians, Jeneda and Clayson Benally from the Dine’ (Navajo) Nation in Northern Arizona create a politically-charged explosive organic sound out of just bass and drums, inspiring their listeners with a Punk backbone, softened by a Folk heart, thumping by Pop and World Music and based in Diné (Navajo) Rhythm. As brother and sister, they grew up protesting the environmental degradation and inhumane acts of cultural genocide against their traditional way of life.

Tours

UPCOMING EVENTS:

9/28/24 @ Escalante, UT @ Escalante Canyons Art Festival @ 5:30pm

9/8/24 @ Emporia, KS @ Goodway Gardens @ 3pm

9/7/24 @ Emporia, KS @ Halfway to Everywhere Music Festival @ 2pm

7/20/24 @ Trumansburg, NY @ Grassroots Festival @ 5pm

7/19/24 @ Trumansburg, NY @ Grassroots Festival @ 3:30 

7/12/24 Lake Vermilion, MN @ Vermilion Social Center @ 5pm

7/5/24 Kamloops, BC, Canada @ Two Rivers Remix @ 6pm

7/2/24 Lilloet, BC, Canada @ Two Rivers Remix @ 6pm

6/30/24 Cache Creek, BC, Canada @ Two Rivers Remix @ 7pm

6/22/24 Indianapolis, IN @ Eiteljorg Museum @ 3:30pm

6/23/24 Indianapolis, IN @ Eiteljorg Museum @ 3:30pm

6/7/24 Yerevan, Armenia @ Yerevan Wine Days Festival @ 8:15pm

6/5/24 Gyumri, Armenia @ TUMO Rooftop @ 7:00pm

3/29/24 Wuxi, China

3/25/24 Beijing, China

3/21/24 Wuhan, China

3/19/24 Guangzhou, China

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Previous Tour Dates

6/2/23 Toronto, Canada @ International Indigenous Music Summit

6/10/23 Pagosa Springs, CO @ Pagosa Folk N’ Bluegrass

7/12/23 Emporia, Kansas @ Farmer’s Market

7/15/23 Nett Lake, MN @ Nett Lake School Campus

7/20-7/22/23 @ Trumansburg, NY @ Grassroots Festival

7/28/23 Washington D.C. @ The Kennedy Center

9/2/23 Flagstaff, AZ @ Coconino County Fair

10/19/23 Tuba City, AZ @ Western Agency Navajo Nation Fair @ The Cultural Stage @ 6pm

10/21/23 Dragoon, AZ @ Amerind Festival

10/22/23 Leon Guadajuanto, Mexico @ Cervantino Festival
 
10/26/23  Nogales, Mexico @ Book Fair
 
11/1/23  Durango, Colorado @ Ft. Lewis College @ Valencia Hall @ 7pm

6/2/23 Toronto, Canada @ International Indigenous Music Summit

6/10/23 Pagosa Springs, CO @ Pagosa Folk N’ Bluegrass

7/12/23 Emporia, Kansas @ Farmer’s Market

7/15/23 Nett Lake, MN @ Nett Lake School Campus

7/20-7/22/23 @ Trumansburg, NY @ Grassroots Festival

7/28/23 Washington D.C. @ The Kennedy Center

9/2/23 Flagstaff, AZ @ Coconino County Fair

6/2/23 Toronto, Canada @ International Indigenous Music Summit

6/10/23 Pagosa Springs, CO @ Pagosa Folk N’ Bluegrass

7/12/23 Emporia, Kansas @ Farmer’s Market

7/15/23 Nett Lake, MN @ Nett Lake School Campus

7/20-7/22/23 @ Trumansburg, NY @ Grassroots Festival

7/28/23 Washington D.C. @ The Kennedy Center

9/2/23 Flagstaff, AZ @ Coconino County Fair

6/15/22 Santa Fe, NM @ The Rail Yard Park @ 5pm-8pm

6/17/22 Telluride, CO @ Telluride Bluegrass Festival

7/8/22 Lima, Peru

7/12/22 Sedalia, CO @ Tall Bull Memorial Grounds-Daniels Park @ 6pm

7/15/22 Duluth, MN @ Gichi-ode’ Akiing Park w/ WarBonnet

7/22-23/22 Ithaca, NY @ Grassroots Festival

7/27/22 Indianapolis, IN @ Eiteljorg Museum

7/28/22 S. Louis, MO @ Boys & Girls Club

7/30/22 St. Louis, MO @ The Yaquis Street Fair

10/09/21 ONLINE The Dream Concert   Click for tickets!

10/09/21 ONLINE Fugazi A to Z Podcast with Ian Wright Click to listen!

10/15/21 LIVE The Kennedy Center, Millenium Stage @ Washington DC @ 6 pm (Masks and Proof of Vaccine Required)

11/12/21 ONLINE Ethel presents Met Live Arts Click to join!

10/10 Saturday –                              Verde Valley School Dream concert VVS Dream Concert: https://fans.live/…

Friday, November 15 @ Firecreek Coffee Co @ Flagstaff, AZ

Friday, November 29 @ Phoenix Science Center Toy Drive @ Phoenix, AZ

Friday, October 4 @ 6pm @ Museum of North American History, Bentonville, AR 

Sunday, October 6 @ 7pm @ Woody Guthrie Center, Tulsa OK

Saturday, October 12 @ 7pm @ The Liberty, Telluride, CO

Monday, October 14 @ 6pm @ The Kennedy Center on The Millennium Stage, Washington DC

Sunday, September 22 @ Gateway Ranch @ Flagstaff, AZ

Monday, September 9 @ 7:30pm @ Rhizome DC @ Washington DC

Saturday, August 31 @ 4pm @ Coconino County Fair, Flagstaff AZ

May 18th LeCen, Le Harve France

June 30th Flagstaff Folk Festival

July 12th Trickster Gallery Chicago

July 18th-21 Grassroots Festival Trumansburg N.Y.

Sept. 1st Coconino County fair, Flagstaff Az.

Saturday January 19th @ The Green Room – Flagstaff, AZ @ 7:30pm  Aftershock/Rumble on the Mountain: Featuring Ed Kabotie, Sage Bond, The ‘Yoties, and Sihasin: All ages until 10pm!

Thursday July 12th Blue Sage Arts Center- 226 Grand Ave- Paonia, CO @ 7pm

Friday July 13th Four Winds Indian Center- 205 W. 5th Ave- Denver, CO @7pm

July 19-22nd Grassroots Festival Trumansburg N.Y.

Sunday, May 13th at GOEN Cinema ( 45 Main St,) Window Rock AZ. @ Noon

Saturday, May 26th at Verde Valley School, Sedona AZ @ 7P.M.

Friday, June 1st at Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ @ 7P.M.

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 @ Cortez, CO -Sunflower Theatre (8 E. Main St) @7pm

Please go to the Jones Benally Family Facebook page to see the traditional Dances schedule

Sunday April 22nd Orpheum Theater Flagstaff Az. 6:30P.M. Earth Day Event with Ed Kabotie, Berta Benally, Stella Lora, Joseph Langham

March 2018 European Tour

March 4th C.M.A.K Theater Cerkno Slovenia  7:30P.M.

March 7th Rock Cafe Prague, CZ. 7P.M.

March 9th Library Chemnitz De

March 10th Driekoenigs Kirche Dresden De

March 12th Saalfeld De

March 13th KJK Sandgasse Frankfurt am Main De 7P.M.

March 18th La Ruee vers L’ogre Paris Fr. 7P.M.

other shows to be listed, but look for us in London and Switzerland also

February 17th Sunflower Theater Cortez Colorado 7P.M.

JANUARY:

Saturday, January 20 @ Rumble on the Mountain (Coconino Center for the Arts) -Flagstaff, AZ @  2pm-7pm  Click me for Info about Rumble on the Mountain

JULY:

Friday, November 25 @ Light of Unity Art and Music Festival (830 Burntwater Rd. Houck, AZ) 12pm5pm https://www.facebook.com/events/1254048528030329/

Friday, December 1 @ Firecreek Coffee House in Flagstaff, AZ @ 7pm Free show!

SEPTEMBER:

September 2nd Trinity Tribal Gathering Festival, Junction City California @ 4:30pm http://trinitytribalgathering.com

September 8th Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff Arizona @ 7:30pm www.flagartscouncil.org

July 6, 2017  Le Hangar de la Cipeire, Toulouse France 6:30P.M.

July 11th 2017 Eden Theater, La Ciotat near Marseille France 6:30P.M.

July 17th 2017  The Post Contemporary, Troy N.Y. 7P.M.

July 19th Grassroots Festival Workshop on Native American Drum 10:15a.m. Trumansburg N.Y.

July 20th 2017 Grassroots Festival 4P.M. Trumansburg N.Y.

July 22nd Grassroots Festival Trumansburg N.Y.

APRIL:

Saturday, April 1@ 6:15pm @ Flagstaff, AZ-Wild and Scenic Film Fest-Orpheum Theater

Friday, April 7 @ Flagstaff, AZ-Heritage Square-April 4 the Arts- (Silent March, Arts, and Public Speakers to bring awareness on importance of Arts) 5:15pm March from Theatrikos to Heritage Square! 5:15pm-7:30pm

FEBRUARY:

Saturday February 25 Peace Fair & Music Festival – Armory Park, Tucson AZ @ 11am-4pm

Saturday February 18  Sacred Oak Flat, AZ 6pm 

AUGUST:

Saturday August 6 Museum Of Northern Az. Navajo Show, Flagstaff Az

Sunday August 7th Museum of Northern Az. Navajo Show Flagstaff Az.

Friday August 19th Fight For Freedom Tour  Rock Against the TPP  Seattle WA Showbox Sodo. 1700 1st Ave. 5p.m.-11:30P.M.

Saturday August 20th Fight For Freedom  Rock Against the TPP Tour Portland Oregon Director Park 815 SWPark Ave 5P.M

Monday, August 29 @ Forest Lake Chapter House w/ Michael Franti 11am Solar Power      Block Party

September- October: EUROPE

JULY:

Wednesday July 13, Omni Commons, Oakland Ca. 4799 Shattuck Ave. 7P.M.

Thursday July 14, World Fest, Grass Valley Ca. Meadow Stage 5:30P.M.

Friday July 15,World Fest, Grass Valley Ca. Global Stage noon

Friday July 15, World Fest, Grass Valley Ca. Sierra Stage 4:30P.M.

Tuesday July 19th, Trickster Gallery, Chicago Illinois  7:P.M.190 South Roselle Rd. Schaumburg Il. 60193

Thursday- Sunday July 21-24th Grassroots Festival, Trumansburg N.Y.

Friday workshop 1P.M., Saturday Jones Benally Family Dances 11.30a.m. Sihasin @5P.M., Sunday Sihasin @5P.M.

Tuesday July 26th Pittsburgh Pa. Project Destiny show 5 P.M.,Destiny of Faith Church, 3737 Brighton Rd. Pittsburgh PA 15212

Saturday July 30th Woody Guthrie Center 102 East Brady Street Tulsa Oklahom 2P.M. free concert

JUNE:

June 8th Orpheum Theater Flagstaff AZ. 8P.M. w/ Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

APRIL:

Saturday April 23, 2016 @ Miami, AZ -Miami Loco Arts Festival- @ 7:30pm Free event!

Monday, April 25, 2016 @ Flagstaff, AZ- NAU Native American Cultural Center Outdoor Amphitheater @ 6pm Free event!

MARCH:

Saturday, March 5, 2016  @ Phoenix, AZ @ The Heard Museum

Sunday, March 6, 2016 @ Phoenix, AZ @ The Heard Museum

FEBRUARY:

Sunday, February 21 @ Flagstaff, AZ @ The Green Room @ 4pm- 8pm FALA Fundraiser for girls’ education! www.oneneweducation.org

JANUARY 2016
Saturday, January 23, 2015 @ Flagstaff, AZ @ The Orpheum Theater @ 4p.m “Rumble on the Mountain” @ 3pm

Friday, January 29, 2015 @ Alamos, Mexico @ “Festival Ortiz Tirado”

Saturday, January 30, 2015 @ Alamos, Mexico “Festival Ortiz Tirado” @ 11:30pm

NOVEMBER:

Monday, November 9, 2015 @ Grand Canyon, AZ @ Shrine of the Ages @ 7:30pm

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 @ Scottsdale, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum @ 7pm

Saturday, November 28, 2015 @ Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Science Center: Toy Drive!!! Admission is a new toy! @ 6pm 

OCTOBER:

Thursday October 8, 2015 @ Pinon, AZ    Youth Empowerment Workshop

Thursday, October 8, 2015 @ Pinon High School, Pinon, AZ: Benefit community concert 5pm

Thursday, October 22, 2015 @ Chinle, AZ Youth Empowerment Workshop

Saturday, October 24, 2015 @ Dragoon, AZ @ Amerind Dragoon Festival

SEPTEMBER:

Saturday, September 12, 2015 @ Window Rock, AZ @ The Navajo Nation Fair Arena 6pm

Sunday, September 20. 2015 @ Flagstaff, AZ @ Peace Day Celebration @ Heritage Square 1:30pm

AUGUST:

Saturday, August 1, 2015 @ Flagstaff, AZ @ Museum  of Northern Arizona Navajo Show

Sunday, August 2, 2015 @ Flagstaff, AZ @ Museum  of Northern Arizona Navajo Show

Friday. August 7, 2015 @ Havasupai, AZ @ Peach Festival

Saturday, August 8, 2015 @ Havasupai, AZ @ Peach Festival

Monday, August 31, 2015 @ Chinle, AZ @ after school workshop (for Chinle students only)

JULY:

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 @ Boston, MA @ Community Church of Boston (Break the Chains with Taina Asili)

Friday, July 17, 2015 @ Trumansburg, NY @ Grassroots Fingerlakes Festival

Sunday, July 19, 2015 @ Trumansburg, NY @ Grassroots Fingerlakes Festival

Friday, July 31, 2015 @ Flagstaff, AZ @ Gateway Ranch Afterglow Festival @ 7pm

JUNE:

Saturday, June 6, 2015 @ Shonto, AZ @ Rock the Canyon Art & Music Festival 

MAY:

Saturday May 2, 2015 @ Punta Chueca, Sonora, Mexico @ XEPE AN CÖICOOS

MARCH:

Sunday, March 8, 2015 @ Flagstaff, AZ @ Coconino Center for the Arts @ 4pm

Monday. March 16, 2015 @ Albuquerque, NM @ South Broadway Cultural Center @ 7pm

Saturday, March 21, 2015 @ Austin, TX @ SXSW (St. David’s Bethel Hall/Native American Showcase)

FEBRUARY:

Saturday, February 21, 2015 @ Miami, FL @ Virginia Keys Florida Grassroots Festival @ 4pm

Sunday, February 22, 2015 @ Miami, FL @ Virginia Keys Florida Grassroots Festival @ 3pm

JANUARY:

Saturday, January 10, 2015 @ Litchfield Park, AZ @ Litchfield Park Native Art Market (Litchfield Elementery School) @ 2pm

Saturday, January 24, 2015 @ Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater: Rumble on the Mountain- A Celebration of Water @ 3pm

NOVEMBER:

Friday November 14, 2014 @ Salamanca, NY @ Seneca Allegany Events Center @ The 15th Annual Native American Music Awards – Live stream at www.FNX.org

Monday, November 17, 2014 @ Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum @ 7pm www.mim.org

OCTOBER:

October 2, 2014 @ Saalgarten @ Rudolstadt, Germany

October 3, 2014 @ Kamsdorf, Gemeinezentrum, Ernst-Thalmann- Strasse Germany

October 5, 2014 @ Dreikönigskirsche @ Dresden, Germany

October 7, 2014 @ K9 @ Konstance, Germany

October 9, 2014 – Please join us as we see the Exhibition at La Gacilly in France!

October 10, 2014 @ Bar Aux Amis 335,112 Rue Etienne Marcel, @ Montreuil, France

October 11, 2014 @ CSIA @ Paris, France

October 12, 2014 @ Center International De Cultur Populaire, 21 Ter Rue Voltaire, @ Paris France

October 17, 2014 @ Les Tanneries (Espace Autogéré des Tanneries Festival) @ Dijon, France @ 19H

October 18, 2014 @ Kinder-, Jugend-und Kulturzentrum Sandgasse 26 @ Offenbach am Main, Germany @ 19:30hr

October 20, 2014 @ Trockendock, ElsaStraße 41, @ Hamburg, Germany

AUGUST

August 2, 2014 @ Museum of Northern Arizona Navajo Festival,  Flagstaff AZ

August 3, 2014 @ Museum of Northern Arizona Navajo Festival,  Flagstaff AZ

August 23, 2014 @ Warehouse 21 (1614 Paseo de Peralta) @ 7pm @ Santa Fe, NM

August 23, 2014 @ SWAIA Plaza Stage @ 1pm @ Santa Fe, NM

August 24, 2014 @ SWAIA Plaza Stage @ 1pm @ Santa Fe, NM

JULY

July 17-20, 2014  @ Grassroots Festival @ Ithaca, NY friday caberet 6:30P.M. Saturday Infield stage 4P.M.

JUNE

June 13-15, 2014 @ Steel Bridge Festival @ Sturgeon Bay, WI

June 21, 2014 @ San Juan College Summer Music Festival @ Farmington, NM

MAY

May 4, 2014 with Terakaft @ The Dirty Bourbon @ Albuquerque, NM

FEBRUARY

February 8, 2014 @ Navajo Nation Museum: Music is Medicine Camp @ Window Rock, AZ Free music camp! Learn how to play an instrument or write a song!

MARCH

March 2, 2014 @ Local to Global Justice: Farmers Building, ASU @ Tempe Az. noon show 

March 3, 2014 @ Ft. Lewis College Ballroom @ Durango, CO

March 7, 2014 @ Center for Indigenous Culture and Music (213 S. San Francisco St.) @   Flagstaff, AZ

March 8, 2014 @ The Global Justice Center (225 E.26th St.) @ Tucson AZ

March 11-16, 2014 Sihasin @ SXSW @ Austin, TX

March 11-16, 2014 Sihasin COLLABORATION with Imarhan @ SXSW @ Austin, TX

DECEMBER

December 13, 2013 @ Arizona Science Center @ Phoenix, AZ 5:30pm

NOVEMBER

November 15, 2013 Vallecito Room @ Ft. Lewis College @ Durango, CO 5pm

November 16, 2013 Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum @ Ignacio, CO 1pm

November 20, 2013 Kinlani Dorms @ Flagstaff, AZ

OCTOBER

October 5, 2013 -For The People Flood Relief Benefit Concert @  Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center in Shiprock, NM @ 4pm

SEPTEMBER

September 2, 2013 Regeneration Fest @ Taos, N.M.

September 7-8 Indian Summer Music Awards and Festival @ Milwaukee, WI

September 21, 2013  Globalquerque @ Albuquerque N.M.

September 29, 2013 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture @ Santa Fe, NM @ 1pm

 AUGUST

 August 3-4  Museum of Northern Arizona Navajo Show @ Flagstaff, AZ

August 24    Community Hall @ Artic Circle, Alaska

 JULY

Saturday, July 6, 2013 Kayenta Music Festival (Kayenta Recreation Park) @ Kayenta, AZ @3pm

Tuesday, July 16th Destiny of Faith Church @Pittsburgh, PA @7pm

Thursday July 18, 2013 Grassroots Festival @ Trumansburg, NY @ 4pm

Saturday July 20, 2013 Grassroots Festival @ Trumansburg, NY @ 4pm

JUNE

June13-16, 2013  Steel Bridge Songfest @ Sturgeon Bay, WI

APRIL

Saturday April 20, 2013  Border Book Festival @ Las Cruces, NM @ 8:30pm

Monday April 22, 2013  Crescent Ballroom @ Phoenix, AZ with Tinariwen

Tuesday April 23, 2013 Club Congress @ Tucson, AZ with Tinariwen

Thursday, April 25, 2013 Juan Tabo Library @ Albuquerque, NM @ noon North Valley Library @ Albuquerque, NM @ 4pm

Friday, April 26, 2013  Gathering of Nations Albuquerque, NM @ The Pit @ 11:15am @ Stage 49 @ 4pm

Saturday, April 27  Gathering of Nations Albuquerque, NM @ Stage 49 @ 1:45 pm @ NIGHTCLUB EVOLUTION @ tba

Friday, November 23rd, 2012 in Oakland, CA  @ American Steele Studios @ 3pm Free show!

Friday, April 13 @ UC Berkeley

May – July European tour 2012

These dates are just for Sihasins performances. We also have The Jones Benally Familys traditional Navajo (Dine) Dance performances but not listed.

May 18  Pontivy France Palais du Congress  21:00-22:30

May 19-20 Radebuel Germany, discussions

May 25 Chemnitz Germany

May 27 Cerkno Slovenia

June 2 murska Sobota club MIKKJune 1 Murska Sobota Slovenia

June 4-10 Chur Switzerland

June 6 werkstatt 8p.m.

June 8 saalgarten hotel 8 p.m.

June 10 Rcass plaz 2 p.m.

June 12 Erfurt germany Offenne Arbeitt

June 15 Jena Germany

Winzerla Schomerusstrasse 20:00

June 16 Saalfeld Germany Guler bahnhoff

June 20 munich germany firework 8p.m.

Feierwerk hanastrasse 39 munich 81372  8:30p.m.

June 22 Dijon France Les Tanneries

15 BD de chicago 21000 Dijon. 7p.m.

June  24 paris France CCIP 9 p.m.

CICP 21 Rue Voltaire Paris 11 8:p.m.

June 30 Rochetaillee France near st. Etianne 11.30p.m.

July 5-8 Rudolstadt Germany Tanz n Fest

Friday 7p.m. Woody sez theater

Saturday noon neumarket

Saturday 8p.m. Theater

Sunday 1p.m. Traditional dances at kinder village

July 19-22 Grassroots festival Ithaca N.Y.

August 4-5  museum of northern Arizona flagstaff ariz

Workshops

 

  • All Workshops and Presentations include topics of protecting human rights and sacred sites through cultural and youth empowerment.

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P.O. Box 1492
Flagstaff, AZ 86002

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