2021 AWARD NOMINEE
METIS ARTIST-GROUP OF THE YEAR
Sandra Sutter
Sandra Sutter
Sandra Sutter is an award-winning Cree Métis recording artist, songwriter and musician who writes, records and performs in multiple genres encompassing roots music; including Native Americana, folk, country, pop, jazz and rock. Raised in a loving non-Indigenous family, Sandra affirmed and embraced her ancestral and cultural roots later in life. Like many displaced Indigenous people, honouring her proud cultural roots is important to a woman whose birth heritage was lost through time and circumstance. Ms. Sutter’s culture influences her every step through life and she has grown into an active and passionate advocate for Indigenous traditions and rights. Her life journey in both the non-Indigenous and Indigenous worlds has given her a unique perspective and opportunity to bring people together through her songs of reconciliation. Sandra’s 2020 Christmas Release, Aurora 12 Songs for the Season, builds on the theme of her truth and reconciliation focused 2017 release, Cluster Stars; sharing stories about the culture, history, challenges , strength, beauty and resilience of Indigenous Peoples. Aurora 12 is a mix of eight original songs; six new pieces and two originals previously released with the Fireside A/B release in 2019. Sixteen Industry nominations in the last three years include a 2018 NAMA (Best Americana) and 2019 IMA award (Best Producer/Engineer). Additional nominations include three YYC Music Awards, one additional IMA, one CFMA, three additional NAMAs, two with Blues and Roots radio, and four ISMAs. Ms. Sutter also received an Esquao Award (Arts) from the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women, an Aboriginal Role Model of Alberta (Arts) Award and a WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada Award. Poet, actor and advocate on several boards and committees across Canada, Ms. Sutter lives and breathes the concepts that she thinks, speaks and sings about every day.
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