NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY FRIDAY, JUNE 21 | 15
“I really enjoy it,” said Menow, who was welcomed to the band in late 2018. “The guys treat me with such respect and they also take care of me while we’re on the road. It feels like they’re my older brothers and it feels like I’ve known them for such a long time already.” Menow got her musical start by watching and listening to her father, musician Hector Menow Jr. She learned the fiddle first and then the guitar, but drums remain her favourite instrument followed by piano. For National Indigenous Peoples Day, Midnight Shine will be performing in Sudbury, Ont. “To me, it shouldn’t be just a one-day thing,” Menow said. “We should always be proud to be who we are, proud of where we came from, and proud to still be walking on Mother Earth.”
Midnight Shine is an all-Cree band made up of Stan Louttit, Adrian Sutherland, Charnelle Menow and Zach Tomatuk.
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