Amanda Rheaume: Métis Singer Songwriter Performer

“Rheaume’s voice is a balancing act of strength and vulnerability, cutting right through that welcome road-weary swing of the guitar and drums. ‘100 Years’ is great Americana, but even better, Rheaume is continuing to change the canon of what stoires that genre tends to tell”

— Holly Gordon, CBC

2023 Capital Music Award WINNER for Album of the Year (The Spaces In Between)
2023 Canadian Folk Music Award WINNER for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year (The Spaces In Between)
2022 Folk Music Ontario Award WINNER for Performing Artist Of The Year

2023 Folk Music Ontario Nominee for ACTRA RACS Recording Artist of the Year
2023 Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards Nominee: Roots Album of the Year (The Spaces In Between)
2023 Jim Beam Indie Awards Nominee for Song of the Year (Do About Her)

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“Helping to light the 8th fire unlocking the door to a brighter future, Amanda Rheaume dazzled during her performance...
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— MATT WICKSTROM, THE BOOT

ABOUT

Winner of the 2023 Capital Music Awards for Album of the Year (The Spaces in Between) and Winner of the 2023 Canadian Folk Music Awards for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year, Amanda Rheaume’s (she/her) rootsy, guitar-driven ballads introduce crucial dimensions to the world of Heartland Rock. In a genre characterized by anthems of underdogs, assumptions, and unfair advantages, Rheaume’s sound and story crucially and radically expand geographic and cultural boundaries to make space for new perspectives on resistance and resilience. A Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario and an active and proud member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, Rheaume’s music is indeed from the heart, and the land.

Rheaume has released 5 full-length albums over a period of 15 years, at the same time fostering a self-managed career travelling for countless tours and milestones. 2013’s Keep a Fire was nominated for a JUNO Award and won a Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year. With her latest release, The Spaces In Between (2022), Rheaume embarks on a journey through a wilfully and harmfully misrepresented chapter in a violent colonial timeline, making a powerful statement about history and identity.

“The CSNY-meets-Joni Mitchell side of Americana got representation from Canadian singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume. Her band featured fiddle and guitar along with a solid rhythm section, and they had a great flow.”

— NASHVILLE SCENE SEPT 2022