Cultural icon Buffy Sainte-Marie added to Mariposa line-up – OrilliaMatters.com

Her most recent album, Medicine Songs, is nominated for multiple awards

Mariposa Folk Festival organizers announced today that cultural icon Buffy Sainte-Marie has been added to a festival lineup that’s turning out to be one of the best in years. Sainte-Marie has had a storied career, earning numerous recognitions including an Academy Award, Golden Globe, multiple Junos, the Polaris Prize and many more.

Mariposa Folk Festival takes place July 6, 7, and 8, 2018, in beautiful Tudhope Park in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, on the shores of scenic Lake Couchiching.

Her most recent album, Medicine Songs (2017), about the environment, alternative conflict resolution, Indigenous realities, greed, and racketeering, is nominated for two Juno Awards, Indigenous Music Album of the Year and Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. Her 2015 album, Power in the Blood, won the prestigious Polaris Prize.