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Because Many a Mile has been issued on compact disc only in Italy, and Illuminations and Fire & Fleet & Candlelight were not issued on CD until many years after The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie became her first-ever release on CD in 1990, the compilation has always been of considerable value despite containing no hits except the extremely minor ...
Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC (born Beverley Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) [1] is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist. [2]Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and her work has often focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada.
At the 2022 Sainte-Marie tribute show Buffy Sainte-Marie: Starwalker, the song was performed by singer-songwriter William Prince with the surviving members of The Tragically Hip. [10] Buffy’s first song demonstrates her connection to her alleged culture. Her claims of being Indigenous have recently been disputed.
'Carry It On' documents the life of Buffy Sainte-Marie, one of the most successful folk singers to come out of the 1960s, even as she faced unseen obstacles.
Considered one of the earliest anti-drug songs, Sainte-Marie wrote the piece after becoming addicted to codeine which she had been given for a bronchial infection. She recorded it for her debut album, It's My Way! (1964). "Cod'ine" is a solo performance by Sainte-Marie, with her vocal accompanied by a twelve-string acoustic guitar. The lyrics ...
'Carry It On' documents the life of Buffy Sainte-Marie, one of the most successful folk singers to come out of the 1960s, even as she faced unseen obstacles.
Illuminations has acquired a fan base quite distinct from that associated with any of Sainte-Marie's other albums. In addition to its being cited as a favourite album by a number of musicians (notably Steve Hackett), [7] a number of critics have seen its twisted, eerie soundscapes as laying the grounds for the evolution of gothic music as well as having an influence on New Weird America.
The album itself was largely recorded at Sainte-Marie's home before being sent to producer Chris Birkett for the final production and mixing in London. The album showed her continuing with the electronic music she had first developed on Illuminations and the tribal themes seen on Sweet America , her last pre-retirement album.