Buffy Sainte

Establishing herself among the ranks of folk greats such as Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, she has released more than twenty albums, survived being blacklisted by two U. It was another 17 years before her next, the wonderful , appeared in 2009. In the '70s, she would make some rock records, including one 1971's with contributions from and. Signed to Vanguard, she was one of the folk scene's more prominent rising stars in the '60s, and certainly the only widely heard performer articulating Native American viewpoints in song. For most listeners, she remains identified with the material she wrote and sang for Vanguard in the mid-'60s. She kept busy with a long-running stint on Sesame Street, performing benefits for and organizing on behalf of Native Americans, and composing for movies she won an Oscar for the theme to , co-written with her husband, producer.

Buffy Sainte

Andrea Warner is the author of Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography Greystone Books, 2018 and We Oughta Know: How Four Women Ruled the '90s and Changed Canadian Music Eternal Cavalier Press, 2015. She hadn't made an album for 15 years before issuing in 1992. Warner understands how intrinsically art and activism coexist for Sainte-Marie. This is at the heart of the biography — one which arguably is decades overdue. She is a true star, and this book goes a long way toward showing us how and why. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more. They also signed her to a new album deal.

Buffy Sainte

Pop culture, art, and feminism make her happy. True North licensed and re-released it in 2014. This book is necessary—an authorized insight into the making of a legend. She was also a capable interpreter of outside material, although her idiosyncratic vibrato made large-scale commercial success out of the question. Buffy Sainte-Marie's creative soul has led her, as surely as a compass, in her art, political engagement, and a life of moral purpose.

Buffy Sainte

Buffy Sainte-Marie is a wonder—and the writing here reflects her truth, gentle forcefulness, intellect, and thoughtfulness. These country and rock outings were far less successful, both commercially and artistically, than her early folk efforts. This book is the captivating story of that achievement. But was never as reliant on selling units as most musicians. Much of her best material from this era, however, gained its greatest commercial inroads via cover versions.

Buffy Sainte

. Audiobook Available Longlisted for the 2019 George Ryga Award for social awareness A powerful, intimate look at the life and music of a beloved folk icon and activist. . . . . .