Jeremy Dutcher - Motewolonuwok '2023

Tracks list

“This album is about shining light on the hard and soft places of
contemporary indigenous experience, as I’ve come to know them. There is
joy, pain and so much beauty there. I want to lift these stories up using every
brush and colour in the pallet. In coming to know the breadth and depth of our
Wolastoq song tradition, I’ve been inspired to expand my sonic offerings
to their furthest extension. To this end, we’ve expanded the simple
string quartets of Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa into a full orchestra of strings
and brass; simple harmonies for two are taken and offered to a conspiratorial
choir of queer voices; speaking directly to the newcomer, in their own tongue,
so that we all may witness these stories more clearly.

Shared tongue is a beautiful gift. with a complicated reason. Some of these
songs are traditional Wolastoq melodies that I’ve re-interpreted at the
piano, and yet others are completely freshly composed pieces, setting the words
of my heart. The album ends in words not my own, but a series of three poems, in
English, by Cherokee poet Qwo-li Driskill. These words first served as the
catalyst for the rest of the record. “From the heavy debris of loss,
together we emerge.” The poems take a specific singular story of a two
spirit kin who was taken too soon, and calls us all together to witness,
celebrate and heal.

My hope is that this music can be a balm in hard times."

- Jeremy Dutcher

Tracklist:
1.01 - Jeremy Dutcher - Skicinuwihkuk (4:57)
1.02 - Jeremy Dutcher - Pomawsuwinuwok Wonakiyawolotuwok (3:42)
1.03 - Jeremy Dutcher - Take My Hand (5:41)
1.04 - Jeremy Dutcher - Wolasweltomultine (5:47)
1.05 - Jeremy Dutcher - tahcuwi Anelsultipon (5:01)
1.06 - Jeremy Dutcher - Sakom (2:02)
1.07 - Jeremy Dutcher - Ancestors Too Young (5:28)
1.08 - Jeremy Dutcher - The Land That Held Them (3:31)
1.09 - Jeremy Dutcher - There I Wander (3:36)
1.10 - Jeremy Dutcher - Together We Emerge (4:18)
1.11 - Jeremy Dutcher - Rise in Beauty (4:01)

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