Out now: Jeremy Dutcher – Motewolonuwok

Jeremy Dutcher – the classically trained Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada – shares his new record, Motewolonuwok (Muh-del-wool-en-oo-wug).  Motewolonuwok heaves with dynamic orchestration and the inherent drama of grand piano, recalling a long line of artists who have turned the classical establishment on its head to deliver compositions that are doubly ecstatic and modern. Stream / Purchase Motewolonuwok here.

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Watch: Jeremy Dutcher – ‘Take My Hand’

Today, Jeremy Dutcher – the classically trained Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada – shares ‘Take My Hand’ a poignant third single off his new record, Motewolonuwok (Muh-del-wool-en-oo-wug), to be released October 6th. ‘Take My Hand’ is another offering from Jeremy sung in English – with lyrics written by Basia Bulat – and embraces the legacy and power of the intemporal love song as a piano ballad. Pre-Order / Pre-Save Motewolonuwok here.

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Announced: Jeremy Dutcher – Motewolonuwok + single ‘Ancestors Too Young’

Jeremy Dutcher – the classically trained Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada – announces his sophomore record, Motewolonuwok, to be released October 6th, with new single ‘Ancestors Too Young.’  The Motewolonuwok album inspiration began with a poem by Cherokee writer Qwo-li Driskill. A singular story of a two-spirit kin who was taken too soon. Jeremy sings in Wolastoqey — his native tongue, considered an endangered language — anchoring his work while he continues to reimagine the song traditions...

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Listen: Jeremy Dutcher – Skicinuwihkuk

Jeremy Dutcher is a Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and ethnomusicologist from Tobique First Nation in Eastern Canada. Dutcher’s 2018 debut — Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa — vaulted him into the upper echelons of Canadian performance, from the Polaris and Juno Award stages to the judges’ panel on Canada’s Drag Race. Dutcher — a classically trained opera tenor and pianist that has been singing the songs of his ancestors since he was a child — returns with his first new solo work since...

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