NADJIWAN
The latest release from multi-award nominated Indigenous artist NADJIWAN was recorded August 2019 in a cabin at Dog Lake in Ontario (Canada) during a break from the NADJIWAN - 25th Anniversary Generations Tour. is about loss, but also how we can lift ourselves up from the feeling of hopelessness.
The man behind the project and music is Marc Nadjiwan Meriläinen. Born in Northern Manitoba and raised in the untamed beauty of Northwestern Ontario, Meriläinen knew from an early age he would perform music.
After graduating from the Music Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College (London, Ontario), Meriläinen returned to Thunder Bay, Ontario, where he began collaborating with other First Nation musicians. In 1995,
NADJIWAN released his first album titled Brother, which achieved much success in both Canada and the United States. Brother rose to number one on the Aboriginal Voices Top 10 and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the Native American Music Awards.
NADJIWAN’s career has taken him on tour all across Canada and the United States, including performances at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Mariposa
Folk Festival, Northern Lights Festival Boreal, Hillside Music Festival,
Folk On The Rocks, 2015
Pan Am Games, American Native Music Awards and Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, to name a few.
Over the past 20 years, NADJIWAN has released five studio albums, and in the past decade has had five consecutive number one hits on the National Aboriginal Top 40. His resume is made up of several accolades, including nominations for the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (Best Male Artist and Best Rock Album), Native American Music Awards (Best Rock Album), Dora Mavor Moore Award (Best Original Composition) and a recent nomination for Best Radio Single at the Indigenous Music Awards.