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April 30, 2021, WNMU-FM All Things Considered
Interview with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, "I Pray For My Enemies"

I Pray For My Enemies is the name of the first new recording in a decade from Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named Poet Laureate of the United States. Listen to the Radio show here

April 27, 2021, Music Connection - May 2021 Issue
Album Review: "I Pray for My Enemies"

On Harjo’s epic, expansive, emotionally hard hitting, reflective, provocative and ultimately healing and dare we say joyful first album in a decade. . . READ MORE

April 22, 2021, Treble
April 22, 2021, Red Lake Nation News
April 22, 2021, Minnesota Star Tribune
Bonnie Raitt and Indigo Girls join Minnesota activists in new Line 3 protest song

Joy Harjo, along with Bonnie Raitt and the Indigo Girls, each contributed vocals to a new single released Thursday to raise money and awareness for Stop Line 3 causes. Titled "No More Pipeline Blues (On This Land Where We Belong),"...

April 21, 2021, The Rolling Stones
Joy Harjo, Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls Appear on ‘No More Pipeline Blues (On this Land Where We Belong)’

Joy Harjo, with Bonnie Raitt and the Indigo Girls are among the many voices featured on “No More Pipeline Blues (On this Land Where We Belong),” out on Earth Day (April 22nd) via Rock...

April 16, 2021, Iowa Public Radio
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo On Her New Album "I Pray For My Enemies"

Harjo joins Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe to learn how this album came to be and how she is able to know when a creative idea is a song or poem. Listen to the radio interview here

April 14, 2021, KUNM Native American Calling
April 13, 2021, Spokane Public Radio
Soundspace Interview with Joy Harjo

Join Zan as she hosts a phone interview with multi-instrumentalist musician, poet, performer and activist Joy Harjo, 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate (and first Native American), as she speaks about what inspired her recent album, I Pray for My Enemies, with...

March 05, 2021, Glide Magazine
Joy Harjo grooves with Barrett Martin on "I Pray for My Enemies"

Collaborating with percussionist/composer/producer/engineer Barrett Martin (who we have covered several times on these pages) on this unique new album, Harjo brings a fresh identity to the poetry and songs that have made her a renowned poet of the Muscogee Creek...