2021 AWARD NOMINEE
INUIT ARTIST-GROUP OF THE YEAR
Silver Wolf Band
Silver Wolf Band
Silver Wolf Band is a four-piece Indigenous folk pop rock band from Happy Valley Goose Bay, Labrador. Lively, engaging and self-assured performances of honest and sincere lyrical music is what has made Silver Wolf Band one of the most in-demand music groups from Labrador. Their music is piano driven and rich in harmony. Lyrically, their songs are shaped and informed by family, community, love, and their homeland itself. Their first full length album “Pockets Filled With Rocks” saw them nominated for Rock Artist of the Year (Music NL, 2018) and First Light Indigenous Artist/Group of the Year (Music NL, 2019). Their most recent album “Storms & Prayers” (2020) saw them nominated for Group of the Year (Music NL, 2021), nominated for Indigenous Artist of the Year (ECMA, 2021), and won them Indigenous Artist of the Year (Music NL, 2021). With every performance, Silver Wolf Band offers the audience an uplifting and enthusiastic performance of original music, along with renditions of popular favourites by celebrated Labrador songwriters and musicians. But what’s more, Silver Wolf Band peppers its performances with knowledge, personal histories and cultural lessons from the ‘Big Land’ of Labrador. In recent years, the group has been invited to perform at The Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival (St. John’s, NL), Northern Lights Arts Symposium (Ottawa, ON), the ECMA Artist Showcase (Charlottetown, PEI), MusicNL Showcase and Award Show, ECMA Award Show, Petapan First Light Indigenous Arts Symposium (St. John’s, NL), Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival (Norris Point, NL), Spirit Song Festival (St. John’s, NL), Labrador Winter Games Opening Ceremonies (Goose Bay, NL) among many more throughout the province. Silver Wolf Band is Jamie Jackman (guitar, vocals), Matthew Barrett (piano, keyboards), Justin Jackman (drums, percussion), and Brandon Pardy (bass guitar). The band is coming off a successful tour of the Province in support of Storms & Prayers which included 4 sold-out shows in Corner Brook, St. John’s, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and Wesleyville. Truly, the musicians of Silver Wolf Band are warm, kind, humble, talented and entertaining ambassadors of the Big Land.
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