Amanda Rheaume’s rootsy, guitar-driven ballads introduce crucial dimensions to the world of heartland rock. In a genre characterized by anthems of underdogs, assumptions and unfair advantages, Rheaume’s sound and story crucially and radically expand the boundaries, geographic and cultural, to make space for new perspectives on resistance and resilience. A citizen of the Métis Nation and a member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, her music is indeed from the heart and the land. Rheaume has released five full-length albums over a period of 15 years. 2013’s Keep a Fire was nominated for a JUNO Award and won a Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year.
Saskatoon fiddler JJ Lavalee plays the opening set.
Sponsored by Northern Lights Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Society