Buffy Sainte-Marie : the authorized biography / Andrea Warner ; foreword by Joni Mitchell.
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TextPublisher: Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 298 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781771643580
- 1771643587
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Buffy Sainte-Marie is an icon and inspiration. This book is necessary--an authorized insight into the making of a legend." --Terese Marie Mailhot, author of Heart Berries
A powerful, intimate look at the life of a beloved folk icon and activist.
Folk hero. Songwriter icon. Living legend. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more. In this, Sainte-Marie's first and only authorized biography, music critic Andrea Warner draws from more than sixty hours of exclusive interviews to offer a powerful, intimate look at the life of the beloved artist and everything that she has accomplished in her seventy-seven years (and counting).
Since her groundbreaking debut, 1964's It's My Way! , the Cree singer-songwriter has been a trailblazer and a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights and freedoms, an innovative artist, and a disruptor of the status quo. 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.S. presidents, and received countless accolades, including the only Academy Award ever to be won by a First Nations artist. But this biography does more than celebrate Sainte-Marie's unparalleled talent as a songwriter and entertainer; packed with insight and knowledge, it offers an unflinchingly honest, heartbreakingly real portrait of the woman herself, including the challenges she experienced on the periphery of showbiz, her healing from the trauma of childhood and intimate partner violence, her commitment to activism, and her leadership in the protest movement.
Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
"A powerful, intimate look at the life and music of a beloved folk icon and activist. Folk hero. Songwriter icon. Living legend. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more. In this, Sainte-Marie's first and only authorized biography, music critic Andrea Warner draws from more than sixty hours of exclusive interviews to offer a powerful, intimate look at the life of the beloved artist and everything that she has accomplished in her seventy-seven years (and counting). Since her groundbreaking debut, 1964's It's My Way!, the Cree singer-songwriter has been a trailblazer and a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights and freedoms, an innovative artist, and a disruptor of the status quo. 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.S. presidents, and received countless accolades, including the only Academy Award ever to be won by a First Nations artist. But this biography does more than celebrate Sainte-Marie's unparalleled talent as a songwriter and entertainer; packed with insight and knowledge, it offers an unflinchingly honest, heartbreakingly real portrait of the woman herself, including the challenges she experienced on the periphery of showbiz, her healing from the trauma of childhood and intimate partner violence, her commitment to activism, and her leadership in the protest movement."-- Provided by publisher.
Warner draws from more than sixty hours of exclusive interviews to offer a look at the life and music of folk icon and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie. Since her 1964 debut, the Cree singer-songwriter has released more than twenty albums, survived being blacklisted by two U.S. presidents, and received countless accolades, including the only Academy Award ever to be won by a First Nations artist. Warner offers an portrait of her healing from the trauma of childhood and intimate partner violence, her commitment to activism, and her leadership in the protest movement. -- adapted from publisher info
Foreword -- Prologue -- Suffer the little children -- Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan -- Interlude: Buffy Sainte-Marie on surviving abuse -- Universal soldier -- It's my way -- Cod'ine -- Interlude: Buffy Sainte-Marie on uncertainty -- My country 'tis of thy people you're dying -- Better to find out for yourself -- Until it's time for you to go -- Interlude: Buffy Sainte-Marie on fame -- Not the lovin' kind -- Bury my heart at Wounded Knee -- Generation -- Up where we belong -- Interlude: Buffy Sainte-Marie on happiness -- The priests of the Golden Bull -- We're only getting started -- No no Keshagesh -- Interlude: Buffy Sainte-Mare on decolonization -- Power in the blood -- Carry it on -- Afterword: Buffy and me.