Nobody could ever accuse Buffy Sainte-Marie of taking it easy. Since
her groundbreaking debut album, 1964’s It’s My Way!, the Cree
singer-songwriter has been a trailblazer and a tireless humanitarian
advocate, an Academy Award-winning innovative artist, and a disruptor
of the status quo. She has written pop standards recorded by the likes
of Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Donovan, Joe Cocker and Jennifer
Warnes, and her song “Universal Soldier” was the definitive war
anthem on the 20th century. In the climate damaging fake news and
toxic hubris, her latest album releases Power in the Blood (Polaris
Music Prize 2015, Juno Awards Indigenous Music Album of the Year and
Contemporary Roots Album of the Year 2016) and Medicine Songs (Juno
Awards Indigenous Music Album of the Year 2018) are as fierce and
incisive as ever, with unflinching songs about the environment,
alternative conflict resolution, Indigenous realities, greed, and
racketeering. Buffy Sainte-Marie makes us feel stronger and more
capable of seeing the world around us more clearly. Part rhythmic
healing, part trumpeting wake-up call, this is a soundtrack for the
resistance.
music
2638
Views
09/04/2020 Last update