| Motewolonuwok | ||||
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| Released | October 6, 2023 | |||
| Genre | Classical,First Nations music | |||
| Length | 41:20 | |||
| Label | Secret City Records | |||
| Producer | Owen Pallett, Devon Bate | |||
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Motewolonuwok is the second full-length studio album byJeremy Dutcher, released onSecret City Records in 2023.[1]
Unlike his debut albumWolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which was sung entirely in theMaliseet-Passamaquoddy language,Motewolonuwok features songs in both Maliseet-Passamaquoddy and English.[2] It additionally represents Dutcher's first time recording new original songs he had written himself, rather than interpreting traditional Wolastoqey songs.[3] Dutcher described the album's creative process as a tension between wanting to continue contributing to the visibility and revival of his ancestral indigenous language, while at the same time not wanting to become pigeonholed exclusively as an archivist, and described the creative challenge of trying to blend the two languages into one recording as a rewarding one.[2]
The album was aJuno Award nominee forAdult Alternative Album of the Year at theJuno Awards of 2024,[4] and was the winner of the2024 Polaris Music Prize.[5] Its Polaris victory, followingWolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa winning that award in 2018, made Dutcher the first artist ever to win the prize twice.[5]
The album won theFélix Award for Bilingual or Other Language Album of the Year at the46th Félix Awards.[6]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Skicinuwihkuk" | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Pomawsuwinuwok Wonakiyawolotuwok" | 3:42 |
| 3. | "Take My Hand" | 5:40 |
| 4. | "Wolasweltomultine" | 5:46 |
| 5. | "tahcuwi Anelsultipon" | 5:00 |
| 6. | "Sakom" | 2:01 |
| 7. | "Ancestors Too Young" | 5:27 |
| 8. | "The Land That Held Them" | 3:31 |
| 9. | "There I Wander" | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Together We Emerge" | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Rise in Beauty" | 4:01 |