THE SONGS
BACKGROUND
"I'm
a topical folksinger, as opposed to being a Native artist.
However, the topic of being an Indian became so prevalent
in my music that I became known as an Indian folksinger".
However, the topic of being an Indian became so prevalent
in my music that I became known as an Indian folksinger".
Singer,
songwriter, musician, playwright, artist, director, award-winning filmmaker,
and First Nations ambassador for Canada.
1999
heralded the release of Metallic, Willie’s first Canadian CD release.
These
songs were all written and performed a generation before the struggle
for land claims and stories of residential schools became part of the
larger public consciousness.
Metallic is a pick of the best of Dunn’s previous releases
Willie Dunn and The Pacific.
Since those recordings the political climate has changed but the issues remain the same. The current interest in Willie’s songs School Days and The Ballad of Crowfoot illustrates the public awareness and scrutiny of the First Nations’ agenda.
Metallic is a pick of the best of Dunn’s previous releases
Willie Dunn and The Pacific.
Since those recordings the political climate has changed but the issues remain the same. The current interest in Willie’s songs School Days and The Ballad of Crowfoot illustrates the public awareness and scrutiny of the First Nations’ agenda.
This
compilation features songs like School
Days,
The Ballad of Crowfoot, I Pity the Country, Crazy Horse, Louis Riel, Pontiac
and The Carver, dedicated to Mungo Martin. Others are as diverse
as Shakespeare's Sonnets and Melville's text from Moby Dick in
The Pacific.
"His
sound is classic and the words ring true."
(Vancouver Folk Music Festival)
