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Leonard Sumner

Leonard Sumner

Musical artist

Leonard Sumner is an Anishinaabe singer-songwriter from Canada, whose music blends aspects of country, folk and hip-hop music.[1]

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Music career

He is most noted for his 2018 album Standing in the Light, which received a Juno Award nomination for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019.[2]

He released his debut album Rez Poetry in 2013,[3] and followed up with Standing in the Light in 2018.[4]

Awards and nominations

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Personal life

A member of the Little Saskatchewan First Nation in Manitoba, Sumner has been based in Winnipeg since 2011.[1] He is married to writer Tasha Spillett-Sumner. She gave birth to their daughter, Isabella, in March 2020.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Leonard Sumner's fusion of country and hip-hop rooted in family and community". Unreserved, March 18, 2016.
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    "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
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    "Leonard Sumner on Rez Poetry and Idle No More". CBC News Manitoba, December 3, 2013.
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    "Anishinaabe musical force back in the light". Winnipeg Free Press, March 19, 2018.
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    "Printer-Friendly Nominees & Winners". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  6. [6]
    Wasney, Eva (2021-04-21). "Singer-songwriter revisits his hip-hop roots on new album that plumbs his past". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2021-05-15.


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