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WENDY ELLIOTT: Dutcher has the love
In the last few years, I’ve been fortunate to hear Jeremy Dutcher perform several times.
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The first was a house concert, both the second and third concerts were at Acadia University. Most recently, he had the National Arts Centre Orchestra backing him up and every seat was full.
Dutcher, a Two-Spirit artist and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in New Brunswick, brings his ancestors with him. Unique and powerful, his debut album in 2018 was the result of years studying, transcribing and arranging 110-year-old wax cylinder recordings of traditional Wolastoq songs that were buried in the Canadian Museum of History.
Reinvented for today’s audiences, Dutcher’s arrangements blend past and present, taking a language that now has fewer than 100 fluent speakers into the post-modern world.
Equally moving were Dutcher’s comments seated at the grand piano. He spoke about elder Maggie Paul, who set him on his path, and how she told him, “Go sing the song for the people – young people are forgetting how to love each other.”
The Polaris Music Prize winner says, “Love is a powerful force in this world, and if you are looking for it, you can find it in every interaction.”
The spirit of love makes his concerts unforgettable. Dutcher........