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When Dominique Reynolds, former member of the world music group Madrigaia, began a song writing project exploring her Metis and Aboriginal roots, she had no idea where it would take her. In collaborating with Leela Gilday (2007 Juno winner for best aboriginal recording) , Wab Kinew and Ray Coco Stevenson, Pow Wow singer with Eagle and Hawk, Dominique Reynolds discovered her voice as a songwriter had not mellowed through the years. In fact, Dominique is coming into her own in every aspect of her life.
Ancestry: Metis
Genre: Pop
Albums
Biography
When Dominique Reynolds, former member of the world music group Madrigaia, began a song writing project exploring her Metis and Aboriginal roots, she had no idea where it would take her. In collaborating with Leela Gilday (2007 Juno winner for best aboriginal recording) , Wab Kinew and Ray Coco Stevenson, Pow Wow singer with Eagle and Hawk, Dominique Reynolds discovered her voice as a songwriter had not mellowed through the years. In fact, Dominique is coming into her own in every aspect of her life.
Married check, two kids check, trying to have it all check Yes, striking a balance as an artist/mother can be a Tiny Burden., but the only thing you can do with it is to pick it up, carry on and come on back to the war, to quote Leonard Cohen. The songs created began to form an EP, then an album. Recorded mostly at Channels studio in Winnipeg with additional tracking in Nashville, Tiny Burden was produced by Murray Pulver of Doc Walker, engineered by Paul Yee and played by Winnipeg and Nashville's pros.
Tiny Burden is a collection of Dominique's signature cabaret tinges and engaged singer-songwriter lyrics. If This Was Right, probably the most rocking tune is her own version of a duet between her and hip hop artist Wab Kinew (nominated for best video at this years APCMAs). Never Enough is a beautifully sad song baring Dominique raw and exposed. By blending Aboriginal influences (Shakeyishk, a metis love song and Grand Chief's Daughter), Dominique is expressing her journey into her ancestry while planting her feet firmly in the now.
Before you right her off as a "serious singer songwriter have a listen the Bonobos, a power pop tune named after the chimps who make love, not war.
