Jeremy Dutcher is an Indigenous singer, composer, ethnomusicologist, and activist who combines the songs and stories of his community with elements of jazz, pop, and neo-classical music. His debut album, 2018's Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, took home the Polaris Music Prize. He released his sophomore effort, Motewolonuwok, in 2024.
Dutcher identifies as two-spirit, a modern variant of gender fluidity used within the Indigenous North American community. A Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) member of the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Dutcher didn't grow up speaking Wolastoqey, a l...