Burnstick
Burnstick is a Canadian folk music group, consisting of married couple Jason Burnstick and Nadia Gaudet.[1] They are most noted for their albums Dream Big, Little One / Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange (2015), for which they received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2016,[2] and Kîyânaw (2019), for which they were nominated for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year at the 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2020.[3]
Burnstick is a member of the Plains Cree nation, while Gaudet is of Franco-Manitoban and Métis heritage, and the duo perform music in the English, French and Cree languages.
Prior to launching the duo, Jason Burnstick was active as a solo artist, and received a Juno Award nomination for Aboriginal Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2007.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Winnipeg duo releases Cree, French, English lullaby album". CBC News Manitoba, December 6, 2015.
- ↑ Gregory Adams, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2016 Nominees". Exclaim, September 21, 2016.
- ↑ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Event shines spotlight on Native Juno nominees". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, March 22, 2007.
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