Our 4th and final BACKYARD SESSION for the summer, features The Band of BrotherZ, Tia Wood, Ed’ziu & Bingo Switch. With Cameron Peal hosting, put this SICK EVENT in your virtual calendar!
The Band of BrotherZ
Dalton Richard & Riley Dutiaume are two, young Aboriginal artists with a stronghold in country music. They both come from a musical background and now play in their own band. The Band of BrotherZ perform a mix of originals, covers and fiddle tunes.
Tia Wood
Songbird, Miss Tia Wood (aka Q:olosoet) served as Youth Ambassador for, ‘Gathering of Nations,’ representing Saddle Lake Cree Nation (her Father’s community), Alberta AND the Stlatlimx/Xwexwenaqe Xwexwilmelh people (her Mother’s Community) of British Columbia. Tia also served as Miss Manitou Ahbee Festival’s Youth Ambassador honoring and bringing awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and their families. Tia’s fusion of Indigenous traditional music with contemporary R&B flare, serves to tell the story of today’s diversity of Indigenous Women and Youth. Her message is to celebrate the resilient stories toward empowerment of all youth and girls. Her message, ‘Find your passion and honor it the way you honor life and ceremony…for life is ceremony,.. so sing your songs, dance your dances that celebrate you!’ By facilitating inner-power and connecting to your distinct gift, you serve the world your truest self. Be you unapologetically!
Ed’ziu
Edzi’u is a 2S Tahltan and inland Tlingit sound artist, songwriter, composer. They were born in the Yukon and raised in Whitehorse, YT, spending a large part of that time in their traditional territory of Dease Lake, BC. They received a Degree in Music Composition at Vancouver Community College in 2019. Edzi’u has been performing nationally for the better part of ten years, in festivals, galleries and living rooms. Their roles in performance life have ranged from solo performer, to choir soprano, actor, and concert coordinator. Currently their art practice centres on weaving electronic soundscapes with audio manipulation, while drawing on classical songwriting elements. Their music and sound installations have been featured on CBC Radio Reclaimed, Talking Stick Festival, shown in Tkaronto’s film festival imagineNATIVE 2018 and 2019, and debuted internationally at the Document Film Festival in Glasgow, Scotland in 2019.
Bing Switch
Bingo Switch is a fresh Jazz Pop-Rock band based out of Vancouver, BC. Their members consist of Zac Daniels (Ojibway), Christian Abt (Cree), Brody Halfe (Qayqayt, Cree), and Liam Wilkins (British, Irish).
