Jeremy Dutcher's Motewolonuwok has been shortlisted for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.
The artist from Tobique First Nation combines Wolastoqey and English for an album that forges a path forward., is one of this year's 10 Polaris Music Prize-nominated albums, and CBC Music's Shortlist Shortcut series is back to help music fans learn the key details about each shortlisted record.
"When I wanted to approach the sound world for this record, I was thinking about, OK, who can I call on in my community to be a part of this work?" Dutcher explained recently in a. "And so for me, gathering that WICIW, that choir of voices, that is so much a part of this record, was really crucial. I got to teach my language to my friends, which is a really exciting opportunity.
In the video for the moving track, a clip of two-spirit elder Gayle Pruden, Dancing Bear, appears before the song: "Don't ever, ever be ashamed of your language; this is the language that was given to us," she says. "And don't ever, ever be ashamed of the way you look." Dutcher's stirring love song that follows is in English, with Wolastoqey words punctuating verses, and his native language projected behind him.
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