Through the Fire Ep. 5 - Jeremy Dutcher

Don Amero speaks to artist Jermey Dutcher about preserving the language of his ancestors through his music.
Jeremy Dutcher is a performer, composer, activist, and musicologist. His music transcends boundaries: unapologetically playful in its incorporation of classical influences, full of reverence for the traditional songs of his home, and teeming with the urgency of modern-day struggles of resistance.
A member of Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Jeremy first took music studies in Halifax before working in the archives at the Canadian Museum of History, painstakingly transcribing Wolastoq songs from 1907 wax cylinders. Jeremy heard ancestral voices singing forgotten songs and stories that had been taken from the Wolastoqiyik generations ago. As he listened to each recording, he felt his own musical impulses stirring from deep within. Long days at the archives turned into long nights at the piano, feeling out melodies and phrases, deep in dialogue with the voices of his ancestors.
These "collaborative" compositions appear on his debut LP Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. Delicate, sublime vocal melodies ring out atop piano lines that cascade through a vibrant range of emotions. The anguish and joy of the past erupt fervently into the present through Jeremy's bold approach to composition and raw, affective performances enhanced by his outstanding tenor techniques.
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[@littlegreenliza]

Canada's first folk festival, The Winnipeg Folk Festival at Birds Hill Park. I was there. Maybe 1972? It was quite different from a rock festival, chill, peaceful and friendly with less separation between performers and audience. Much music being made between performances around the site, in the evenings among the tents. Jeremy Dutcher brings that vibe to the largest colonial spaces, decolonizing them. Aho!

[@cxywxlf5104]

What an amazing human .. 🖤

[@bonnitaylor6788]

Incredible conversation. Thank you.

[@deniseratthe1382]

Your voice bring us in a peacefull space.

[@ronarsenault6947]

Thank you Jeremy for all your hard work

[@bonniealvarez5510]

Ayukii Jeremy. Yotowa for doing the work and bringing it back to the People.

[@196813JSC]

That was a fantastic interview! I really enjoyed your conversation!

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

Jesus Christ, this man is brilliant. Not just as a musician--I mean as a technician. I have to show this to my dad: he was a DJ back in the 80s, so he'd use all the old sound-board and record tech. I think he'd find this fascinating. I'm not a total dunce when it comes to this, but I'm very much a laywoman: must ask dad how you "etch" sound into an object. What I love watching most about this is that he takes such genuine PLEASURE in it. He's very bright. Very bright.

[@dreamarcher4018]

He is also the nicest guy!

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

@@dreamarcher4018 , right? I met him when he did Massey Hall back in December, and he treats you like royalty. ❤

[@deniseratthe1382]

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