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rainy-dog
I've had a lot of mixed thoughts about Buffy lately. I didn't want to think she had lied about her heritage but now I think she probably did... and I think it started out innocently (ish) and got more and more out of control as the years went on. I don't think she's some awful, evil person. She did a lot for indigenous rights and awareness. She walked the walk, you know? She was formally adopted by the Piapot First Nation, which is sacred and important in terms of tribal sovereignty. And her musical contributions remain unchanged - her songs will always be beautiful. "Illuminations" will always be an influential masterpiece. I dunno, it's not like she killed anyone or is this awful racist. And she's at the tail-end of her career so I guess the damage these revelations can do is limited. I'd like to think this hasn't soured her legacy irreparably but I suppose it has, at least for a lot of people.
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smorrissuzuki
yea and i think she could've avoided this by just being honest abt her background as an adoptee instead of pretending to be indigenous by birth
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Spicyeggroll
I enjoyed her first album just now. Sadly just learned that her ancestry was a lie. Reports in the news stated they found her birth records from Massachusetts hospital from a white family.
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Pdna2
It's surprising that her recent albums go unnoticed. Both Running For The Drum (2009) and Power In The Blood (2015) are strikingly original, contemporary albums filled with energy and passion. She seamlessly weaves together electronic and tribal, hard driving rock and balladry, poignant and satirical. Far from being a relic of the 60s folk scene she's a true artist who experiments and changes all the time. Fans of her older stuff should check out the albums I mentioned.
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Naked-Spirit
Buffy has been a huge influence on me ever since I got to listen to her music on my parents' vinyls. I just love her, she really is an amazing artist. Everything she does is amazing to me. What a wonderful lady. ♡
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EvilMonkeyRec
Fantastic artist! >> http://theevilmonkeysrecords.blogspot.com/2012/02/buffy-sainte-marie-hansel-e-gretel-nel.html >> a bizarre projection of the most unconventional Village’s spirit of mid 60s
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ravagingmasses
darling don't cry is one of those songs that make you feel instantly nostalgic the very first time you hear it
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vegetubleman
If more old people my age listened to folk, there would be less violence and war in the future and the world might get a little bit better.
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RussellChap
Illuminations...WOW!!! this is a complete original...Why on earth did she disown it? It's the best thing she created...
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Crowriver
I did nine months of my four year wildlife ranger's apprenticeship working alongside various park rangers in the Yukon. In fact, I got on really well with one ranger in particular and he later became a great mentor to me after I revealed in casual conversation that I was a keen fan of Buffy St Marie and Joni Mitchell. He was said to have Cree ancestry and was a brilliant tracker. However, he could never really get his head around the fact that some guy all the way from the UK could be such a fan of Canadian-born singer/songwriters, even though I explained how I'd actually seen Mitchell perform way back in the 1970s at the old Wembley Stadium alongside Crosby, Stills, Nash and...Young (another Canadian). He was even more amazed when I explained that it had been such a blisteringly hot summer's day with absolutely no shade available where I was sitting out on what would normally have been the centre circle of the football pitch, that I actually fell asleep during part of the concert!
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