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Feb 10 2023

Better: Soaring New Single Out Now

The New Year is off to a memorable start for Adrian Sutherland, who has been preparing for his first tour, writing for his second album, and releasing his next single. A soaring song about striving for better.

“We all have…

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Nov 18 2022

47th American Indian Film Fest: Music Videos In Official Selection

Adrian Sutherland’s innovative music videos continue to be celebrated by film festivals around the world, with two in official selection this week at the 47th American Indian Film Festival.  

Right Here and Magic Hits will both screen on Tuesday, November…

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Sep 30 2022

Walk With Me: Student-Led Initiative Inspires Official Music Video

The idea for Adrian Sutherland’s new music video Walk With Me came right out of the blue. And quite literally so. It was last December when a teacher reached out to say his students had taken part in the inaugural…

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May 24 2022

Respect The Gift Nominated At 75th Yorkton Film Festival

Respect The Gift, the music video from Adrian Sutherland, has been nominated Best Performing Arts & Entertainment for the 75th Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) - North America's oldest film festival.

The super-cool music video crosses multiple artistic genres (music…

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May 14 2022

Scared Tops The Indigenous Music Countdown

Adrian was honoured to see his song Scared reach number one spot on the Indigenous Music Countdown (IMC) Top 40 chart during the weekend of the JUNO Awards.

"This is one of my favourite songs from the album," he said…

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May 12 2022

From James Bay All The Way To The JUNO Awards In Toronto

After being isolated for more than two years in the small, remote community of Attawapiskat First Nation in the Far North, singer-songwriter Adrian Sutherland found himself on a surreal musical journey during Canada's biggest week in music that took him…

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May 3 2022

Music Video Poses Question... What Are You Scared Of?

For his latest music video, Adrian Sutherland asked friends and fans to answer one question: “What are you scared of?” And boy, did they deliver…  

Scared invites viewers on an eye-opening journey through things that people are most afraid of…

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Mar 8 2022

First JUNO Nomination A Decade In The Making

Adrian Sutherland's debut solo album, When The Magic Hits, was released September 17, 2021 to much acclaim. On March 1, he received his very first JUNO Award nomination, in the category of Contemporary Indigenous Artist Or Group Of The…

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Feb 3 2022

Heart Of Gold Turns 50!

Canadiana classic Heart Of Gold is turning 50 this month! Released on Neil Young’s Harvest album on February 14, 1972, the song has surely inspired countless musicians since it first hit the airwaves.

Jump ahead 20 years since it’s release……

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Jan 28 2022

What Are You Scared Of?

Be part of Adrian’s next music video, by answering this question… WHAT ARE YOU SCARED OF?? 

We are asking friends/family/fans to write on a piece of paper something you are scared of, take a picture of it, and send it…

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Nov 18 2021

Magic Hits: Official Music Video

The Magic Hits music video is out now, featuring Adrian strolling outdoors singing vocals alongside four legendary artists in split-screen performances shot in Attawapiskat ON, Toronto ON and Nashville TN.

Magic Hits is the third video from Sutherland in 2021…

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Nov 12 2021

DIY Recording Studio Inside A Sea-Can

How do you produce music completely isolated in Canada's Far North during a global pandemic with zero access to any studio infrastructure? You DIY it... and that's exactly what Adrian Sutherland did!

In the fall of 2020, Adrian began constructing…

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Nov 8 2021

A Song For Hope: I Need Angels

Today - November 8, 2021 - is the third anniversary of the release of music video I Need Angels. A small video crew had travelled in the fall of 2018 to Attawapiskat, my home in Northern Ontario, to shoot…

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Nov 2 2021

Politician Man: Nominated Best Music Video At AIFF

Adrian's music video for Politician Man is in official selection at the 46th American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, which runs November 5-13. It has also been nominated for Best Music Video.  

The powerful protest song – Sutherland’s debut…

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Sep 17 2021

The Magic Of Sutherland's Debut Album

You could say a whole lot of synchronicity went into the making of When The Magic Hits, the first solo project from Adrian Sutherland.  
  
Like connecting with two co-writing brothers because one was a studio player on some of…

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Aug 29 2021

Once That Was You: Second Single From Debut Album

Once That Was You is the second single from Sutherland’s debut album. It was co-written with Jay Semko in Saskatoon SK on Friday, March 13, 2020 – the day after the JUNO Awards were cancelled due to COVID-19. 

Adrian and…

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Aug 25 2021

Music Video Made With 1600 Selfies!

What do you do when you live in an isolated location with no video crews, no video gear, and you need to make a music video? One option is to spend six weeks shooting a shitload of selfies, handing them…

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Jun 17 2021

Right Here: Advance Single from Debut Album

Shining brightly from Canada’s Far North, Adrian Sutherland is pleased to be releasing a brand new single today, in advance of his debut solo album. 

“Right Here is a song about always being there for the people that you…

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Apr 22 2021

Indigenous Music Countdown: Top Song

Since release, Adrian Sutherland’s new single Respect the Gift has been climbing the Indigenous Music Countdown, an international radio chart and syndicated program based out of Canada. This week, it reached top spot. 

“I’m very happy to see that Respect…

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We acknowledge the support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada. We acknowledge the support of Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. We acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, Conseil des arts de l’Ontario, an agency of the Government of Ontario. Special thanks to Radio Starmaker Fund, and SOCAN Foundation.

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