Joel Wood (musician)

Joel Wood is a Cree musician from Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada.[1] He is most noted for his album Singing Is Healing, which was a Juno Award nominee for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.[2]

He is the son of Steve Wood, a musician with the traditional Cree group Northern Cree with whom Joel has also performed as a member,[3] and the cousin of Fawn Wood, a musician who was a fellow Juno nominee in the same category in 2022.

References
  1. "Joel Wood receives the first OHSOTO’KINO Recording Bursary". CKUA, April 4, 2022.
  2. Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
  3. Ashante Infantry, "Grammy nominee Northern Cree summons spirit of rock 'n' roll". Toronto Star, February 7, 2009.


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