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Obomsawin is an award winning bassist, songwriter and composer from Abenaki First Nation at Odanak. Her debut album, inspired by field recordings of Abenaki songs along with her training in free-jazz and American roots music, received “Best of 2022” placement in The Guardian, JazzTimes, and NPR. Her music reveals threads that bind together blues, jazz, hymns, folk songs, and Native cultures. “Telling Indigenous stories through the language of jazz is not a new phenomenon,” Obomsawin explains. “My people have had to innovate endlessly to get our stories heard – learning to express ourselves in French, English, Abenaki … but sometimes words fail us, and we must use sound. Sweet Tooth is a testament to this.”
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