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Sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter Deedee Austin, of Abegweit First Nation, has swept up the Music Nova Scotia Awards.
Austin received awards in two classes: Indigenous Artist of the 12 months and New Recording Artist of the 12 months. She was additionally nominated in two others.
“(It’s) so surreal,” she mentioned.
Austin began making music when she was simply 11 years previous, and launched her first single at 14. She launched her first EP a yr later, and now has three singles out.
“I’ve at all times simply beloved music, it simply made me so glad,” Austin mentioned on the International Information morning present.
“You don’t suppose something of it, till now, like, I’ve simply introduced residence two awards.”
Her newest single Buried Fact, for which the music video was launched final month, displays on the Indigenous lives taken by residential faculties.
“What impressed me to write down Buried Fact was, my great-grandmother was within the residential college. I discovered about all the unmarked graves,” Austin mentioned.
“I used to be similar to, it might’t sit in my books any longer. So I took it to the studio, laid it down and … I’m actually pleased with the end result.”
Austin mentioned music is a manner for her to flee from what’s happening on the planet. All of her writing is predicated on real-life experiences.
“For me to place my story and my individuals’s story right into a music, it’s actually particular.”
The music video, that includes Austin enjoying a burning piano in entrance of the Truro library, was completed with assist from a number of individuals within the N.S. music trade, volunteers and her dad.
Austin mentioned she thinks it’s been obtained properly, “for a way heavy of a subject it’s.”
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Nova Scotia Music Week 2022 was held over the weekend in Sydney, that includes performances from quite a few native artists.
Austin performed twice, together with her showcase held on Saturday. She additionally had time to attend others’ performances.
“I really like reconnecting, and it’s occasions like Nova Scotia Music Week that brings us collectively.”
Austin mentioned she hopes to launch a brand new album within the close to future, and plans to reconnect with fellow musicians on the East Coast Music Awards within the spring.
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