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Buffy Sainte-Marie

Musician
Forlisteners into 60s folk, experimental sounds, protest music, and adventurous albums.
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The Profile

Buffy Sainte-Marie is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, composer, and activist known for protest folk, pioneering electronic experimentation on Illuminations (1969), and co-writing the Oscar-winning Up Where We Belong.

Co-wrote Up Where We Belong (Academy Award for Best Original Song, 1983); released the pioneering electronic-folk album Illuminations (1969); won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for Power in the Blood.

One review celebrates Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Illuminations (1969) as a prophetic, electronics-driven twist on her folk roots. It highlights processed voice/guitar crafted with NYU’s Michael Czajkowski, metaphysical themes, and a looping motif. The piece notes the Leonard Cohen-linked “God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot” and cites the album’s cult influence.

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