Buffy Sainte-Marie
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She was born on the Piapot Cree reserve in the Qu’Appelle valley, Saskatchewan. She was later adopted and grew up in Maine and Massachusetts. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts and also holds degrees in both Oriental Philosophy and teaching.
By 1962, having graduated, Buffy began to tour alone, developing her craft and performing in various concert halls, folk festivals and Native reservations across the U.S, Canada and abroad. She spent a considerable amount of time in the coffeehouses of downtown Toronto’s old Yorkville district, and New York City’s Greenwich Village as part of the early to mid-1960s folk scene, often alongside other emerging Canadian contemporaries Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.
She quickly earned a reputation as a gifted songwriter, and many of her earliest songs, such as Until It’s Time For You To Go, were turned into hits by other artists including Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, Sonny and Cher, Chet Atkins, Roberta Flack, Janis Joplin and Neil Diamond, among others.
Her debut album, It’s My Way, was released on Vanguard Records in 1964 and she was subsequently named Billboard Magazine’s Best New Artist. This album also contained the critically acclaimed protest song Universal Soldier that later became a hit for Donovan.
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Up Where We Belong
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Stardust_lament
Amazing!
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Nimbie
First I heard It's My Way! and was highly impressed by expressive power of Buffy's vocals and how this album, with its almost-psychedelic improvs and characteristic lyrical themes, anticipated the hippie psych folk movement of later 60's. Then I listened to Illuminations... Well, I'm still looking for my jaw.
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xXTimeLincolnXx
Wow, this is great.
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electricwookie
I wanna be like Buffy when I grow up.
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bucolic
Soulful Shade of Blue!
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Mullington
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee...tune!
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brandy383
Cod'ine ♥
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wendell3
Whoa, yeah.
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right33
can't believe i've only had the chance to see her once. what a talent, music and beyond
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DeadKinks
Illuminations is awesome, but I like It's My Way even better.
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Fabula-Nihil
what a sound !
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XiNneRg
Love
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symphonyof
she makes me proud to be Native American.
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RussellChap
Illuminations is a psych mistresspiece.
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EvilMonkeyRec
Fantastic artist! >> http://theevilmonkeysrecords.blogspot.com/2012/02/buffy-sainte-marie-hansel-e-gretel-nel.html >> a bizarre projection of the most unconventional Village’s spirit of mid 60s
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Sgarre1
Illuminations is a beautiful album!
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ravagingmasses
darling don't cry is one of those songs that make you feel instantly nostalgic the very first time you hear it
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right33
she just put on one of the best shows ive ever seen tonight!
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vegetubleman
If more old people my age listened to folk, there would be less violence and war in the future and the world might get a little bit better.
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andyisdead
Dean & Britta brought me here.
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