S4 E1: From Trauma to Song—How Women and Community Create Musical Magic, feat. Haida-Cree performer Kristi Lane Sinclair

Rooted in her own story of domestic abuse, Kristi Lane Sinclair's album Super Blood Wolf Moon oozes strength, perseverance, pain, and vulnerability. The award-winning Haida-Cree singer-songwriter has released a searing, deeply personal, and profound collection of songs, at once driving and anthemic, wispy and gentle, angsty and orchestral.

"I didn't want to write this," says Kristi. "It was the last thing I wanted to do at that point, to share my story. But just going through it, I had this knowledge. I'm part of this secret club now. . .I just thought I'd extend that. If you know you know. They'll get what I'm talking about, and I'll not really help but just hang out and make someone feel not quite so alone."

Cohosts Jessica Vandenberghe and George Lee also talk with Kristi about:

• the healing power of creativity, women, community, family, ancestors, dogs (especially one named Murphy Brown) and nature
• the need for non-Indigenous Canadians to stand against racism and for justice, side-by-side with their Indigenous neighbours
• Kristi's film and TV work
• the making of a song that features the late Inuit singer Kelly Fraser and the supporting video that features Haida women and family in traditional and ancestral roles
• film-making and TV work
• and much, much more.

Under fair dealing provisions of Canada's Copyright Act, we used recordings of several songs from Super Blood Wolf Moon in the production of this episode. If you'd like hear more, download Kristi's music wherever you get your music. You can also find out more about her and her music on her website:
www.kristilanesinclair.ca.

To watch the official music video of Break, feat. Kelly Fraser, check out Kristi's YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/NkNN2o94O-s?si=nfqOOk-GTcEteTnn