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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.
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 ...
'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.
The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie Vol. 2 is a compilation double album released by Vanguard Records in 1971 covering a large proportion of the material she had released on her first six albums for the label that was not found on the previous year's The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Janet Maslin was more enthusiastic about the record in Rolling Stone, applauding Sainte-Marie's stylistic range and refashioning of her vocals to suit the music's varied moods. "What's best about Moonshot ", Maslin believed, "is that, considering the kind of experimental stylistic departure it represents, it nonetheless bears such a strongly ...
'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 ...