CBC Aboriginals top 10 road trip songs

Summer is in full swing and as you head out for a road trip across the country,justdown the highway to the lake or home to your communitys powwow, what willbe playing on your car stereo?

Picking the perfect mix of music for the entire family can be tricky. Luckily, the indigenous music scene in Canada is an eclectic mix of musical genres,from hip-hop to country to blues to rock.

Just remember:if you dont like one of the songs,chances are youll love the next one. So roll down the windows, turn up the volumeand check out CBC Aboriginals top 10 road trip songs:

10. Spare Change Plex:This works for both the kids and the parental units. Some rap with a sample of ChicagosSaturday in the Park.

9. StayDigging Roots:Picture the setting sun, the kids are falling asleep in theback seat, and you are just sailing along that ribbon of asphalt without a care in theworld.

8. SistersA Tribe Called Red featuring Northern Voice:Cant make it to anATCRshow this summer? Bring their music with you,but be prepared to stop the car anddance at the side of the road.

7. Come and Get Your LoveRedbone:This song from the '70s stands up to thetest of time. Turn this one up and watch passengers in other cars ask you whichstation you are listening to. True story.

6. Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo Buffy Sainte-Marie:One does not simply have a music playlist without a Buffy song on it. This industry leader is celebrating 50 years in the business and is clearly the matriarch of indigenous music.

5. Is Sorry Enough?Murray Porter:This is one of those songs that comes with amessage and can generate a conversation that will last for miles (or kilometres). Porter sings aboutthe government's apology for residential schools.

4. All That I KnowWinnipegs Most:Even though the band has broken up andreincarnated itselfas Winnipeg Boyz, it hasyet to make a song ascatchy as this one.

3. Sundancer Eagle and Hawk:There a few incarnations of this song, but the onewith lead vocals by the bands bassist,Spatch,is the best version. It's also rumouredto be the No. 1 most requested song on Manitoba's NCI-FM (Native CommunicationsInc.)

2. Damned If You Do Derek Miller with Willie Nelson:Need something morethan one of our communitys best musicians singing with a country music legend?

1. NDN Kar Various artists. Keith Secola wrote this iconic tune that has beencovered by several artists, but it was really Shawn Bernard who breathed new lifeinto this classic. Whichever version you play, youll probably play it at least twicebefore switching to a new tune.

Who is on your playlist? Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter andFacebook withthehashtag#NDNSummerPlaylist.