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The first thing you notice listening to Aysanabee is that huge, powerful voice Aysanabee hails from the Sandy Lake First Nation in northern Ontario. Lindsay Duncan Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. The first thing you notice listening to Aysanabee is that huge, powerful voice. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. 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THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Deep, thundering and dripping with emotion, the Oji-Cree singer's pipes explode on songs such as We Were Here from his debut Watin. Long after the last notes of the hit single celebrating Indigenous people's strength and resilience fade, his inspiring delivery and solemn lyrics keep echoing. 'I credit it all to listening to the copy of Bob Marley's Greatest Hits that my brother left for me when he moved to the city,' said Aysanabee, who hails from the Sandy Lake First Nation in northern Ontario. 'At night, we would fire up the generator and I'd listen to it repeatedly. I started out writing reggae songs.' The two-time Juno Award winner just returned from playing a music festival in Tromsø, Norway, before heading back out on the road for festival gigs across the country, including this weekend's Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'It's been kind of wild that I'm able to be on stage singing under the midnight sun in Northern Norway surrounded by mountains,' he said. 'I see it as a wild privilege to be brought to such places by song. I make sure to take the time to remind myself of how lucky I am.' In the fall, Aysanabee embarks on The Way We're Born Tour headlining in support of his recently released second album, Edge of the Earth. His second album on the Indigenous and women-owned indie label Ishkōdé Records, the nine-song set is another songwriting tour de force from the artist. As his tour winds its way across the country, the new single Gone Baby Gone is serving fans a different sound. His signature atmospheric production is still there, but the track is a straight-up, guitar-driven mid-tempo rocker. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I write mostly slower songs and love going into the studio to make them sound gigantic, maybe sometimes going a little bit overboard sampling the sound of a late-night snack of a bag of chips,' he said. 'Live used to be where I felt the most natural, but I can enjoy both sides now. Gone Baby Gone is definitely more driving, probably because I was listening to a lot of Sam Fender when I wrote it and loving the steady rock beat.' In concert, the role of recreating those varied sonic swaths falls to guitarist Nick Tateishi, percussionist Miles Gibbons, pianist Dean Aivaliotis and backup singer Lala Noel. Aysanabee says that it's a big change from all the solo shows he was performing during the pandemic. His initial fan base came to his debut album Watin via those solo concerts, but he felt like he wanted to do something bigger moving forward. Just as he was considering how to expand his show, the band came to him. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I was playing an acoustic set at the El Mocambo, and Nick and Miles had seen me and came over and said 'If you ever want some backing musicians, we'd be into it.' So I called them,' he said. 'Lala's voice is all over my other recordings right back to the beginning, and we've been working and writing together since. Dean came later, and I'm humbled to have them making it super fun and sound super massive.' Noting it's always more fun to do things together, he also thinks having a band can be a better way to reach first-time listeners. 'If I'm playing solo for the first time to people who haven't maybe heard me before and I'm doing everything I can and it isn't happening. It's pretty lonely up there,' he said. 'Luckily, that doesn't happen too often. But having the other people up there means you can play off each other and use that group energy to get to the audience, or at least have fun together.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. As to finding himself frequenting blues festivals around the world, Aysanabee says he is very comfortable being cast in that genre. His music is a kind of contemporary Indigenous blues, particularly on Watin. Edge of the World opens up new directions. 'Watin had a lot of deliberate bluesy vocal vibes and elements of gospel, which made sense for the record,' he said. 'Branching out with the new album being classified as alternative music wasn't something I was sure I liked at first. But now I think it's a pretty perfect fit for me.' It's still always interesting to Aysanabee to hear from concert-goers where they heard his music. Noting that the old-school connection via radio has played a really big part in spreading his sound around, he says he is happy when people mention hearing him at Home Depot too. He thinks now is a very fertile time for Indigenous artists to achieve widespread fame. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I had given up on a career as a musician at the start of the pandemic, figuring that making music was just going to be a lifetime hobby,' he said. 'So I started making music that just mattered to me, and along came Ishkōdé and we made the first record. It came out at the same time the news was reporting on mass graves at residential schools and people were stuck at home and learning, and there was a kind of snowball effect.' Noting that there are so many amazing Indigenous artists making powerful, relevant music right now, keeping the conversation going is more challenging with everything wide-open again. He says albums like Edge of the Earth are there to keep spreading the message of his lived experience. Material for a third album is slowly coming together. The only thing that is certain is that his self-dubbed 'Eurovision tune' recorded with a producer in Sweden last year will not make the record. sderdeyn@ Love concerts, but can't make it to the venue? Stream live shows and events from your couch with VEEPS, a music-first streaming service now operating in Canada. Click here for an introductory offer of 30% off. Explore upcoming concerts and the extensive archive of past performances. 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