David Huckfelt – Emerging Artists Showcase session (live for The Current)

David Huckfelt is a singer, lyricist and activist, and he is also the founding frontman of Minneapolis indie-folk cult favorites The Pines. An Iowa native and former theology student, Huckfelt attended the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop before turning his attention to songwriting and performing. Having shared stages with Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Bon Iver, Calexico, Trampled By Turtles, Rosanne Cash and others, an early encounter and collaboration with radical Native American poet and American Indian Movement leader John Trudell had a lasting impact, introducing Huckfelt as ally and collaborator to an array of Indigenous artists and activists, including Winona LaDuke, Louise Erdrich, Keith Secola, Gary Farmer and others. In 2019, Huckfelt became artistic director of Honor the Earth: Water Is Life Festival, working with LaDuke and artists including Ani DiFranco and the Indigo Girls to raise attention and resources for Minnesota’s tribal nations. Along those lines, Huckfelt was the music cura