On Sunday, Jun 11, 2023 members of the LPAA took part in the 6th Annual WOLFE ISLAND GARDEN PARTY, a celebration of Culture and Agriculture!
The theme of the 2023 Garden Party was: “Indigenous Artist Showcase — Jennifer Brant”
Yakothehtón:ni – Jennifer E Brant, sits with the Bear Clan in Kenhté:ke, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario. She is an Educator, Singer-songwriter, Artist, and Farmer. Jennifer’s work reflects her connection to her Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk) culture, and the people and places that surround her. The meaning of Yakothehtón:ni is she makes it fertile; she makes a garden for herself.
Jennifer has played music throughout Eastern Ontario at numerous festivals and events for more than 20 years as a duo with her husband Kieran Edwards or with her band Mustang. As an artist, Jennifer has displayed her artwork at the Woodland Cultural Centre – Indigenous Art, as well as a variety of local art shows.
https://jenniferbrantmusic.com
On Sunday, Jun 18, 2023 members of the LPAA took part in the 6th Annual WOLFE ISLAND GARDEN PARTY, a celebration of Culture and Agriculture!
The theme of the 2023 Garden Party was: “Indigenous Artist Showcase – Dave Mowat Trio”
Dave Mowat is a Blues musician and Chief of Alderville First Nation. He cut his teeth in Winnipeg during the eighties, experiencing the amazing scene and sharing the stage with some of the greats including Big Dave McLean. He saw, and was inspired by other greats like John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Rogers, Johnny Winter, John Hammond Jr, Sam Lay, Otis Rush, and James Cotton.
He moved back to Ontario in 1995 and found a community of like-minded musicians in the Northumberland, Peterborough, and Toronto Music Scenes, playing with Jimmy Bowskill, amongst many others. Through Bowskill he was connected to Toronto musicians Clayton Yates and Terry Wilkins, both veterans sidemen who make up the other two parts of his trio on resonator guitar and gut-string bass. Mowat has opened for RL Burnside and played harmonica for Hubert Sumlin (Best known as guitarist for Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters).
The Dave Mowat Trio do country, Delta, and Chicago blues in the old-fashioned way in an attempt to honour those legendary blues musicians that came before them. For Dave, Terry, and Clayton, making this music together is truly a labor of love and respect for the history of the artform.