Saskatchewan Country Closeup – The North Sound

The North Sound is cold like a Saskatchewan winter, humid like a summer day in the streets of Montreal and is unpredictable like the weather on a singular day in Calgary. The North Sound is ever-changing with lyrics spanning across haunting metaphors and a sound balanced between today’s modern production and the era of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris blazing the highways.

Formed in 2014 by Forrest Eaglespeaker supported by his partner Nevada Freistadt , The North Sound was created as a way to share stories in keeping true to Forrest’s Blackfoot identity and traditions from Treaty 7 Territory.

The North Sound has had three singles reach number one on the Indigenous Music Countdown as well as Saskatchewan’s MBC Radio, and has received three nominations from the SCMA; two for Roots Artist of the Year and one for Emerging Artist of the Year .

Sharing the stage with the likes of Blue Rodeo , Kathleen Edwards , Eagle and Hawk , Derek Miller , Susan Aglukark , Celeigh Cardinal , Logan Staats , and many more, The North Sound has performed at multiple venues and festivals across Canada and the United States.

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