Morley Loon
Morley Loon (1948 – 1986) was a
Career
Loon was born 1948, in the village of Mistissini in what was then Baie-James, now
Morley Loon was the first performer in the Cree language to see significant radio airplay in Canada.[5] Loon influenced other First Nations musicians, such as Lloyd Cheechoo and Kashtin, to sing in their own languages.[6] Cheechoo played backing guitar and toured with Loon in the late 1970s.[6] With Inuit musician Willie Thrasher, Loon formed Red Cedar, based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. The group played at the Black Hills Survival Gathering in South Dakota's Black Hills in 1980.[1] In 1986, Loon died at age 38 after suffering a lengthy illness.[1]
His song "N'Doheeno" is featured on the 2014 compilation album Native North America, Vol. 1.[7]
Discography
- Songs in Cree Composed and Sung by Morley Loon, 1975, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Northern Service[8]
- Cree Songs, 1975, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Northern Service
- North Land, My Land/Cette terre du Nord qui est mienne, 1981, Boot Records[8]
- North Country, 1984, independently released
References
- ^ ISBN 9780816524471.
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- ^ "Cold Journey". Canadian Film Online. Athabasca University. 2012.
- ISBN 9780415075480.
- ^ Linttell, Perry. "The history of CBC Northern Service recordings" (PDF). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ISBN 9780802085818.
- ^ a b Staniforth, Jesse B. (November 14, 2014). "Goose Wings: The lost music of James Bay and beyond". The Nation: First Nation Cree News Magazine Serving Aboriginal Canada.
- ^ "Light in the Attic Unearths the Forgotten History of First Nations Music with 'Native North America' Compilation". Exclaim!, October 8, 2014.
- ^ ISBN 9780773539518.
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