Adrian Sutherland gets first Juno Award nomination
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A musician from Attawapiskat First Nation has received his first Juno Award nomination.
Adrian Sutherland was nominated in the contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year cateogory for his debut solo album When the Magic Hits.
Sutherland said he and his manager were on Zoom listening to the nominations. He said he couldn't believe it when his name was called.
"I think I had to just to be sure that it wasn't a mistake at first, but to be honest, it didn't feel real at all," he said.
"It didn't really hit me till later on in the day."
This is Sutherland's debut solo album and he said he thinks "it's incredible to get a general nod."
"It's definitely getting recognition from the industry," he said.
"Certainly, I find it quite incredible."
Sutherland said the last two years of the pandemic have been difficult for artists, himself included.
"I was not able to leave the community, so we had to really kind of strategize and figure out how it was going to stay engaged," he said.
"So we actually built a part of that process that was going to mean that I would have to build a studio. So we did that in November of 2020."
He said building that studio ensured the success of the album.
"So that really allowed me to put out this album if it wasn't for that," he said.
"There's no way I would have been able to do this album last year."
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