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Jeremy Dutcher

Shamanism · Wolastoqiyik song · tenor

Wolastoqiyik composer and classically trained tenor from Canada. His first album was built around wax-cylinder recordings of his own nation's songs made in 1907, which he transcribed in the museum archive and then sang with; it won the Polaris Music Prize in 2018. He sings in Wolastoqey, a language with fewer than a hundred fluent speakers left.

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Jeremy Dutcher

Wolastoqiyik composer and classically trained tenor from Canada. His first album was built around wax-cylinder recordings of his own nation's songs made in 1907, which he transcribed in the museum archive and then sang with; it won the Polaris Music Prize in 2018. He sings in Wolastoqey, a language with fewer than a hundred fluent speakers left.

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45 min
Music

Live at Massey Hall

A full Massey Hall concert, filmed by CBC.

23 min
Music

Tiny Desk Concert

The Tiny Desk set, with the 1907 recordings of his nation playing alongside him.

39 min
Music

Full Performance on KEXP

Forty minutes at the KEXP studios, voice and piano, mostly in Wolastoqey.

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