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Theory of ice, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

eng

libretto or text

folk music

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Theory of ice

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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

"Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has made her own phosphorescent rendition of "I Pity the Country" the centerpiece of her singular new album, Theory of Ice. Like Dunn, Simpson is of mixed Scottish and Indigenous ancestry--she is a member of the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg people, native to southern Ontario. The novelist, poet, singer, and scholar has emerged as one of the most ardent voices for an intersectional understanding of North America's Indigenous populations. Theory of Ice is an inviting manifestation of that work, turning seven of Simpson's poems about water and our inborn relationship to it into sophisticated folk-pop that twinkles like the Clientele and Talk Talk. Simpson poignantly surveys the damage done and, like Dunn, suggests there's another way forward."--https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/leanne-betasamosake-simpson-theory-of-ice/

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