{"id":33317,"date":"2020-11-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=interviews&p=33317"},"modified":"2020-11-21T11:12:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T16:12:24","slug":"leonard-sumner-rap-americana-facon-anishinaabe","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/leonard-sumner-rap-americana-facon-anishinaabe\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Sumner: Rap and Americana, Anishinaabe style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2019, Winnipeg-based Leonard Sumner won the Juno in the Indigenous Music Album of the Year category. Standing in the Light<\/em> was a testament to the lucid and fervent commitment of the Manitoba-born Anishinaabe writer, composer, and performer. To this day, this commitment is matched by a composite stylistic approach: Americana (country, folk, etc.) and hip-hop lend a magnetic force to Sumner, who was invited to perform as part of Mundial Montr\u00e9al.<\/a><\/strong> PAN M 360 connected with Sumner to find out more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAN M 360: <\/strong>You\u2019re often presented among important new voices on the First Nations roots music scene today. How do you see that, yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leonard Sumner: <\/strong>I don’t see myself as a new voice anymore, but I feel it’s still important for these stories to be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAN M 360:<\/strong> Since a few years, there has been a great renaissance of indigenous cultures all over Canada, and it appears to be much more than a trend. How do you see your own contribution to this very important cultural expansion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LS:<\/strong> If Canada wishes to advertise itself as a multicultural society and nation, it needs to fully recognize the Indigenous peoples and nations that have been existing prior to colonial expansion. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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