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Sandra Sutter

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  • About
    • Sandra's blog
    • Sandra's story
  • Music
    • Sandra's Store
    • Cluster Stars Song Book
    • Music and Lyric Videos
    • Artist's Notes
    • Lyrics
  • Photos
    • Launch of Sandra's short film, A Woman's Voice
    • New section
    • Photo shoot for a new song, soon to be released
    • 2019 Indigenous Music Awards
    • Esquao Awards
    • Native American Music Awards
    • Canadian Folk Music Awards
    • Indian Summer Festival
    • Cluster Stars
    • Through the Years
    • Album release party
  • Concerts
  • Media
    • News Releases
    • Press Coverage
    • Audio Interviews
    • Awards and Performances
    • Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards
  • Contact

May 9 2021

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!

In honour of many different kinds of mom's, we created a Mother's Day playlist for you on spotify. 

I am incredibly lucky to have an amazing mom, who is still branching…

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Dec 24 2020

Nature helps define who we are and where we belong

I feel as though I am on sacred ground when I am walking in nature. I very much believe life is richer when we have a love and appreciation for the natural world. There are times when I lose myself…

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Dec 23 2020

March to the beat of your own drum

The gift of 11 pipers piping in the song, Twelve Days of Christmas, is reputed to be about the 11 faithful apostles. Yes, there were 12 apostles at one point, but you may remember Judas went a little sideways. 

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Dec 22 2020

The Lords are “a-leaping” to new Indigenous music

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Ten Lords A Leaping … What? Where did that come from? 

Well, Mr. Google says the tenth gift in the Twelve Days of Christmas is likely a reference…

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Dec 21 2020

Dance for the joy of it!

My hope for all of us, especially for young people, is that we always follow our star, like the line in the song, Sparkling Lights, suggests. 

I love the innocence and dreaminess of women dancing. One of my…

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Dec 20 2020

Shining light on O'Holy Night

We’re on day eight now! It’s a happy day for me because I am Métis. That will make no sense to people who don’t know that the infinity symbol, which looks like an elongated number eight on its side…

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Dec 19 2020

Some things best left to the imagination


Have you noticed the news and social media is all abuzz about STEVE, the purple and green light ribbon in the night sky that was discovered in 2016? Turns out STEVE (short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) is smearing…

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Dec 18 2020

Families are hatched and nurtured with love and commitment

There are different interpretations about the meaning of each gift mentioned in the song, 12 Days of Christmas. 

The gift of “six geese a-laying”, for example, is reputed to be about the six days in creation, when…

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Dec 17 2020

Ring in the season!

When the five golden rings come up in the traditional Christmas song, Twelve Days of Christmas, we all slow down, stretch out the words and pause to take a deep breath before we start singing again. 

Wikipedia tells me…

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Dec 16 2020

What’s with those calling birds?

Birds love trees, live in trees and have a really special way of communicating, just like trees have a unique way of communicating. 

Did you know that the four “calling birds” in the Twelve Days of Christmas are actually COLLY…

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Dec 15 2020

Let faith, hope and love burn in you this season

How can I feel the Spirit of Christmas when I’m hungry for food? When I’m searching for shelter? When I’m in conflict with my family? 

Faith, hope and love are the gifts symbolized by the three French Hens on the…

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Dec 14 2020

Coo-Coo … Is that what Turtle Doves say?

In the song, Twelve Days of Christmas, two Turtle Doves show up on the second day. It’s pretty cool that Day Two’s gift is Turtle Doves, since North America is known to many Indigenous people as Turtle Island, but…

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Dec 13 2020

My Partridge in a Pear Tree

Until I started writing for my new album, Aurora 12, I wasn’t aware each gift in the song, Twelve Days of Christmas, relates to a Christian symbol. The gift of the first day of Christmas in the traditional…

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Dec 2 2020

Standing People passes the first big test!

You never really know how fans or music critics will react to certain songs until you put them to the test. 

My brother, who is my webmaster and unofficial music promoter, was recently invited to submit one of the songs…

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Nov 27 2020

Little "Beat Boxer" Boy 

Deion Blackman isn't exactly the Little Drummer Boy - he's a beat boxer and he's not so little anymore. But like Little Drummer Boy, from the same titled Christmas song, Deion can certainly hold a beat and he does it…

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Nov 22 2020

Giving birth to Little Angel

Many years ago I was lucky enough to have a best friend I worked with, we played in a party band and wrote music together and even shared a house for a short time. We went through several studio iterations…

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Nov 19 2020

A special Christmas playlist, by George!

We started Aurora 12 with an idea that we needed to contribute to what I saw as a gap in Christmas music, a space where Indigenous people were not represented as much as I would like to have seen. 

What…

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Nov 12 2020

Aurora Borealis - the launch of the first single!

I was thinking about the northern lights today and the mystique that surrounds them. It’s a fitting thought for the kind of magic that we experience at this time of year, and yet, I wonder if this year will be…

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Nov 2 2020

Honour those who have sacrificed

As we approach the launch of a new album, I am reminded of the importance of a day that might not get the attention that it deserves this year. 

With increased focus and precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, let’s…

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Oct 23 2020

Ready to light up the northern night sky!

Things are really starting to come together for the release of my new album. And, yes, we’ve settled on a name for this collection of songs – a name that was recently endorsed by Elders Dr. Reg and Rose…

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Oct 18 2020

A moment frozen in time

I recently ventured out to a secluded location on the Elbow River, near Stampede Park in Calgary, with photographer Ramsey Kunkel and my long-time friend Heather Petrie Hill in tow. We were going on a photo shoot for a new…

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