If you’ve ever wondered what love, legacy, laughter, and language sound like when translated into music, AMPLIFY Season 3 has your answer—times nine. The APTN original series returns with its most emotionally resonant season yet, spotlighting nine Indigenous singer-songwriters from across Canada as they transform personal and cultural truths into brand-new songs. This isn’t just a music docuseries. It’s a mic-drop for memory, identity, and sound.
Each episode in AMPLIFY is its own self-contained world—a sonic diary entry backed by cinematography, ceremony, and soul. Métis musician Shane Ghostkeeper kicks things off in Calgary with “KIIKSOKOKOMIN,” an ode to enduring love inspired by his relationship with fellow artist Sarah Houle. His country-tinged track is wrapped in tenderness and the warmth of family—and yes, it’ll wreck you (in the best way).
Then there’s Tia Wood, the rising Plains Cree and Coast Salish star whose voice might be the most powerful long-distance call you’ve ever heard. In “ONIHCIKISKWAPIWINIHK,” she channels homesickness, kinship, and the Cree language to deliver a ballad that feels like curling up in your grandma’s kitchen. Her episode, filmed in both Saddle Lake and Six Nations, reminds us how family ties are often our first melodies.
In Nashville, country icon Crystal Shawanda lets her guard down in “THIS PEACE.” With her daughter in one hand and a guitar in the other, Shawanda reflects on stardom, struggle, and survival as an Anishinaabe woman in a genre that hasn’t always made space for her. Her latest track is less “look at me now” and more “I’m still here,” and it hits like truth.
Darcy Turning Robe’s story is one of redemption and rhythm. In “O’TSI’MIWA IHKITOPI,” the Siksika drummer and knowledge keeper tells how reconnecting with his roots—and his grandfather’s teachings—saved his life. With the drum as heartbeat, this episode pulses with healing and the quiet power of cultural continuity.
By the time you meet Lido Pimienta in “ASIRA,” things get deliciously chaotic. The Colombian-Canadian art-pop powerhouse blends humour, activism, and tradition while unpacking what it means to be Indigenous in the diaspora. There’s music, yes, but also food, satire, Cree translations of Walking Eagle News, and the kind of sly genius that only Lido could conjure.
Other highlights include Inuk throat singer Qattuu’s reflection on self-care while pregnant, Anishinaabe artist Evan Redsky’s black-and-white meditation on cosmic identity in “COSMIC CAROUSEL,” and Sebastian Gaskin’s heartstring-plucking episode “WOVEN,” where beading becomes a metaphor for family and music as healing. And let’s not forget Bebe Buckskin, who closes out the season by rocketing us into interstellar grief and love in “8th WANDERER.”
Behind the scenes, AMPLIFY boasts a 100% Indigenous production crew, seven Indigenous directors, and a commitment to language revitalization—this season is dubbed in Oneida and features Cree, Inuktitut, Siksika, and more. It’s an artistic act of sovereignty that’s as much about reclaiming space as it is about sharing sound.
So whether you’re here for a good cry, a new playlist, or a masterclass in storytelling, AMPLIFY Season 3 delivers. And just like any great song, its impact will linger long after the final note.
Catch new episodes every Tuesday starting May 13 on APTN and the Lumi app. And turn it up—these voices deserve to be heard.