Celeigh Cardinal
With a confident voice and boundless energy, Celeigh Cardinal owns a stage, connecting deeply with her audience through humour, passion and love. In 2020, Cardinal was awarded one of Canada’s highest musical accolades: the JUNO Award for Indigenous Artist of the Year. She also received a Western Canadian Music Award in 2018 for Indigenous Artist of the Year, and nominations in 2020, Indigenous Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. She has had multiple songs reach #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown, and she is currently sitting at #11 on the CBC Music Top 20 Countdown. Cardinal has two full-length albums completed and has her third release slated for late 2023, which is being supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2021, Edmonton-based singer-songwriter was chosen by The Walt Disney Corporation to record a single and music video as part of their first season of The Recital of Remixes and later as a mentor/consultant for their second season. She has also had multiple songs placed in film and TV and was chosen to sing with The Tragically Hip for their first ever commercial with Scotiabank. Celeigh has toured through Sweden, Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands and has showcased in Dubai at Expo 2020, Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany, and Folk Alliances from 2018-2020 in Kansas City, Montreal and New Orleans. Celeigh is quickly becoming one of the great Canadian voices that make up the fabric of this country’s roots music scene.