Sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter Deedee Austin, of Abegweit First Nation, has swept up the Music Nova Scotia Awards.
Austin received awards in two classes: Indigenous Artist of the Year and New Recording Artist of the Year. She was additionally nominated in two others.
“(It’s) so surreal,” she stated.
Austin began making music when she was simply 11 years outdated, and launched her first single at 14. She launched her first EP a 12 months later, and now has three singles out.
“I’ve always just loved music, it just made me so happy,” Austin stated on the Global News morning present.
“You don’t think anything of it, until now, like, I’ve just brought home two awards.”
Her newest single Buried Truth, for which the music video was launched final month, displays on the Indigenous lives taken by residential colleges.
“What inspired me to write Buried Truth was, my great-grandmother was in the residential school. I found out about all of the unmarked graves,” Austin stated.
“I was just like, it can’t sit in my books any longer. So I took it to the studio, laid it down and … I’m really happy with the outcome.”
Austin stated music is a manner for her to flee from what’s occurring on the earth. All of her writing relies on real-life experiences.
“For me to put my story and my people’s story into a song, it’s really special.”
The music video, that includes Austin enjoying a burning piano in entrance of the Truro library, was accomplished with assist from a number of individuals within the N.S. music business, volunteers and her dad.
Austin stated she thinks it’s been acquired nicely, “for how heavy of a topic it is.”
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Nova Scotia Music Week 2022 was held over the weekend in Sydney, that includes performances from quite a few native artists.
Austin performed twice, along with her showcase held on Saturday. She additionally had time to attend others’ performances.
“I love reconnecting, and it’s events like Nova Scotia Music Week that brings us together.”
Austin stated she hopes to launch a brand new album within the close to future, and plans to reconnect with fellow musicians on the East Coast Music Awards within the spring.
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