Canadian Folk Music Award nominated Singer-songwriter, Phyllis Sinclair uses her craft as a tool to ignite more compassionate, culturally-respectful ways of knowing. Sinclair's songs speak to Indigenous realities, and point to the power of her culture’s spirituality, using astronomy and mythology to allay and enlighten. Reverentially, she taps on the conscience of the established ethos to flag distinctions and inequities under a brilliant banner of song, disarming to solicit a self-imposed metamorphosis that transforms old ways of thinking into new possibilities. A deceivingly quiet and amiable diplomatist, her passion and advocacy are evident in her prose and performance.
"Phyllis left no one behind as she carried away
the audience on the wings of her songs and
stories. Enchanted and engaged, they hung
on every word and their deeper meaning. In
mere heartbeats she had the audience
laughing, then moved to tears. Simply put;
a profound experience!"
Ian Mattey
Wits End, Winnipeg, MB, CA
Sinclair is Cree, and a member of Kawéchiwásik (York Landing First Nation), Manitoba. In 2021, Sinclair was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award for her 5th album Ghost Bones. The album struck a cord with listeners immediately upon its release propelling Ghost Bones to #1 on the Canadian National Folk, Roots and Blues Chart, CKUA Radio Network's Top 100 albums of 2021, ans her nomination from the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Distinguished by Maverick Magazine as "A Lady of Conviction", Sinclair's passion and advocacy are evident in her prose, and performance.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee
#1 National Folk, Roots, Blues Chart
CKUA Top 100 Albums of the Year
DISCOGRAPHY
Ghost Bones, 2021
Wishlist, 2014
Dreams of the Washerwomen, 2011
Fathomless Tales from Leviathan's Hole, 2008
Fence Posts and Stones, 2006
PRESS
Penguin Eggs Magazine
Exclaim Magazine
Maverick Magazine
Say Magazine
Lemon Wire
CBC Radio One
TOURS
Scotland
Australia
Canada
LIVE VIDEO
Calgary Folk Club
https://youtu.be/vsbN4luTBkA
Folk Alliance International: The Alberta Room
https://youtu.be/ls2CkS0iA5M
Her art is her life. You can feel her reality and are uplifted by it through her remarkable songs and stories.
TOM SHOEBRIDGE, MERA ARTS
MCDONALDS CORNERS, ON, CA
Canadian Folk Music Award nominated Singer-songwriter, Phyllis Sinclair uses her craft as a tool to ignite more compassionate, culturally-respectful ways of knowing. Sinclair's songs speak to Indigenous realities, and point to the power of her culture’s spirituality, using astronomy and mythology to allay and enlighten. Reverentially, she taps on the conscience of the established ethos to flag distinctions and inequities under a brilliant banner of song, disarming to solicit a self-imposed metamorphosis that transforms old ways of thinking into new possibilities. A deceivingly quiet and amiable diplomatist, her passion and advocacy are evident in her prose and her performance.
"Phyllis left no one behind as she carried away
the audience on the wings of her songs and
stories. Enchanted and engaged, they hung
on every word and their deeper meaning. In
mere heartbeats she had the audience
laughing, then moved to tears. Simply put;
a profound experience!"
Ian Mattey
Wits End, Winnipeg, MB, CA
Distinguished by Maverick Magazine as "A Lady of Conviction",
Sinclair is Cree, and a member of Kawéchiwásik (York Landing First Nation), Manitoba. In 2021, Sinclair was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award for her 5th album Ghost Bones. The album struck a cord with listeners immediately upon its release propelling Ghost Bones to #1 on the Canadian National Folk, Roots and Blues Chart, CKUA Radio Network's Top 100 albums of 2021, and her nomination from the Canadian Folk Music Awards.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee
#1 National Folk, Roots, Blues Chart
CKUA Top 100 Albums of the Year
SHOW OPENER
Ray Bonneville
Lenny Gallant
DISCOGRAPHY
Ghost Bones, 2021
Wishlist, 2014
Dreams of the Washerwomen, 2011
Fathomless Tales from Leviathan's Hole, 2008
Fence Posts and Stones, 2006
PRESS
Penguin Eggs Magazine
Exclaim Magazine
Maverick Magazine
Say Magazine
Lemon Wire
CBC Radio One
TOURS
Scotland
Australia
Canada
LIVE VIDEO
Calgary Folk Clubhttps://youtu.be/vsbN4luTBkA
Folk Alliance International: The Alberta Room
https://youtu.be/ls2CkS0iA5M
Her art is her life. You can feel her reality and are uplifted by it through her remarkable songs and stories.
TOM SHOEBRIDGE, MERA ARTS
MCDONALDS CORNERS, ON, CA
Canadian Folk Music Award nominated Singer-songwriter, Phyllis Sinclair uses her craft as a tool to ignite more compassionate, culturally-respectful ways of knowing. Sinclair's songs speak to Indigenous realities, and point to the power of her culture’s spirituality, using astronomy and mythology to allay and enlighten. Reverentially, she taps on the conscience of the established ethos to flag distinctions and inequities under a brilliant banner of song, disarming to solicit a self-imposed metamorphosis that transforms old ways of thinking into new possibilities. A deceivingly quiet and amiable diplomatist, her passion and advocacy are evident in her prose and performance.
"Phyllis left no one behind as she carried away
the audience on the wings of her songs and
stories. Enchanted and engaged, they hung
on every word and their deeper meaning. In
mere heartbeats she had the audience
laughing, then moved to tears. Simply put;
a profound experience!"
Ian Mattey
Wits End, Winnipeg, MB, CA
Sinclair is Cree, and a member of Kawéchiwásik (York Landing First Nation), Manitoba. In 2021, Sinclair was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award for her 5th album Ghost Bones. The album struck a cord with listeners immediately upon its release propelling Ghost Bones to #1 on the Canadian National Folk, Roots and Blues Chart, CKUA Radio Network's Top 100 albums of 2021, ans her nomination from the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Distinguished by Maverick Magazine as "A Lady of Conviction", Sinclair's passion and advocacy are evident in her prose, and performance.
Her art is her life. You can feel her reality and are uplifted by it through her remarkable songs and stories.
TOM SHOEBRIDGE, MERA ARTS
MCDONALDS CORNERS, ON, CA
Phyllis Sinclair Music resides on Treaty 6 territory, the traditional home and gathering place of the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Metis, Inuit, Dene and Nakota Sioux. We acknowledge those peoples who shared, and cared, for these sacred lands since time immemorial to allow for our lives and livelihoods.
Phyllis Sinclair, Songkeeper Woman
ᓂᑲᒧᓇᐦ ᑲᑲᓇᐍᓂᑕᐠ ᐁᐢᑵᐤ
2024© Phyllis Sinclair
