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Tia Wood, photo by Gio Solis

sākihiwē festival 2021 online

By Alan Greyeyes | November 22, 2021

sākihiwē music Thursdays: May Episodes

Folk music duo Burnstick and round dance singers Fawn Wood and Dallas Waskahat have video premieres scheduled for release in May.

Each video will premiere on the sākihiwē festival’s YouTube channel and Facebook page at 12:00 pm CDT, with the first performance set for May 5.

About Burnstick

Burnstick is folk music that’s brimming with the kind of chemistry that could only come from a husband and wife. Jason, a Plains-Cree guitarist, and Nadia, a Francophone-Métis singer-songwriter, create the award-winning duo: Burnstick. Their voices and languages blend together with ease as they push the boundaries of contemporary folk music by weaving together the unique sounds of vintage Weissenborns with intriguing vocal harmonies, all while letting the beauty of simple melodies shine through.

About Fawn Wood and Dallas Waskahat

Powwow and round dance singers Fawn Wood and Dallas Waskahat are a mom-and-pop duo best known for Wood’s JUNO Award in the Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year category; their community building through the Virtual Rounddance; their powwow trail travels with the Cree Confederation drum group; and their language revitalization work with the Cree Chatter Hour.

About sākihiwē music Thursdays

sākihiwē music Thursdays was launched on February 2, 2021 with the financial help of the Safe at Home Manitoba program. The project brings recorded performances by Indigenous artists to Indigenous families both online and offline. In its inaugural round, Inuit throat singer Nikki Komaksiutiksak, country singer Desiree Dorion, the legendary C‐Weed Band, mezzo‐soprano opera singer Rhonda Head, singer/songwriter Billy Simard, fiddle master Patti Kusturok, and hip hop artist Mattmac entertained audiences.

About Indigenous Cloud

Indigenous Cloud is a music and arts hosting platform designed to help preserve and celebrate Indigenous‐created visual and audio art. It provides streaming services, a state‐of‐the‐art recording studio, and robust distribution solutions, hosting the largest collection of Indigenous-made recordings.

About NCI FM

NCI FM reaches more than 80% of Manitoba, including 75 communities outside of Winnipeg, with nearly 140,000 daily listeners. Please visit ncifm.com (opens in new tab) for more information.

Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM) acknowledges the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council for their financial support of the sākihiwē festival’s outreach programming.

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