Jeremy Dutcher to perform at University of Regina Theatre in October
Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, and activist Jeremy Dutcher will take the stage at the University of Regina Theatre on October 27th. This concert is presented in partnership with MacKenzie Art Gallery, Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc., the Faculty of Media, Art, & Performance, and the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Regina. Tickets are available now and can be purchased by visiting https://www.showpass.com/jeremy-dutcher-the-motewolonuwok-tour/.
Five years after rising to international acclaim with his seminal, award-winning album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, Jeremy Dutcher returns to the stage with a new band and pivotal new music. On the Motewolonuwok ᒣᑏᐧᐁᓓᓄᐧᐁᒃ tour, Dutcher invites audiences to be transformed by music that is more personal and intimate than ever, yet pushes the boundaries of his unique sonic landscape.
This newest sonic journey is rooted in an ancestor quote:
Tan qiniw iyuwok wasis kpomawsuwinuwok, 'tankeyutomon-oc kihtahkomikomon.
“As long as there is a child among our people, we will protect the land.”
Jeremy Dutcher is a Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, ethnomusicologist and classically-trained vocalist. A Wolastoqiyik member of the Tobique First Nation in North-West New Brunswick, Jeremy is best known for his debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (The Songs of the People of the Beautiful River), which earned him the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the 2019 JUNO Awards.
Jeremy has toured the world and has worked with and performed for iconic artists such as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joni Mitchell, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Jeremy is regularly sought out for his perspectives on queerness, Indigeneity, language revitalization, and fashion, including a 2022 appearance as a guest judge on Canada’s Drag Race. In 2022, Jeremy and his family launched Kekhimin, the first ever Wolastoqey language immersion school, in Fredericton New Brunswick.
Tickets are available for $25 + taxes in advance or $35 + taxes at the door. Doors open at 7pm and the performance begins at 8pm, and consists of two sets with an intermission.
For more information please contact: Dr Charity Marsh at charity.marsh@uregina.ca