{"id":1319,"date":"2016-10-06T12:18:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T16:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2022-06-20T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:11:35","slug":"leanne-simpson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/2016\/leanne-simpson\/","title":{"rendered":"Leanne Betasamosake Simpson&#8217;s f(l)ight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>16.11.24\u00a0Performing &#8220;f(l)ight: Songs &amp; Stories for a Radical Indigenous Present&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-629\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster_circle_leanne-simpson_low-res-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster_circle_leanne-simpson_low-res-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster_circle_leanne-simpson_low-res-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster_circle_leanne-simpson_low-res-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster_circle_leanne-simpson_low-res-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster_circle_leanne-simpson_low-res-360x540.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/anako\/wp-content\/uploads\/poster_circle_leanne-simpson_low-res.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>&#8220;Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist, musician, poet and writer, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation.<\/p>\n<p>Leanne&#8217;s RPM debut LP, f(l)light, is a haunting collection of story-songs that effortlessly interweave Simpson\u2019s complex poetics and multi-layered stories of the land, spirit, and body with lush acoustic and electronic arrangements, and claims a unique space in contemporary Indigenous music and performance<\/p>\n<p>The album is a haunting, powerful hybrid of words, songs, and perspectives. From the gentle invocation of other forms of life offered in songs like \u201cRoad Salt\u201d and \u201cThe Oldest Tree in the World\u201d, to the dissonant sonics of \u201cCaribou Ghosts and Untold Stories\u201d and the pulsing, hypnotic rhythms of \u201cUnder Your Always Light\u201d, Simpson\u2019s words reverberate within and between the sounds that surround them.<\/p>\n<p>f(l)ight is the sound of ancestral memory and present possibility unfolding toward a horizon of freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leannesimpson.bandcamp.com\/album\/f-l-ight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Album available on Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>MIIGWECH TO OUR CO-SPONSORS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ojigkwanong (Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Education)<\/li>\n<li>School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous Policy and Administration Department<\/li>\n<li>Mawandoseg (Aboriginal Student Services)<\/li>\n<li>MacOdrum Library<\/li>\n<li>English Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Poster Transcript<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>CIRCLE: Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language &amp; Education<\/p>\n<p>Leanne Betasamosake Simpson performing: &#8216;f(l)ight: Songs &amp; Stories for a radical Indigenous Present&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Date: Thursday, November 24<\/p>\n<p>Time: 7-8:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>Location: Azrieli Theatre Rm 302<\/p>\n<p>Azrieli Building, Carleton University, Ottawa<\/p>\n<p>Paid Parking @ Library Parking lot<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16.11.24\u00a0Performing &#8220;f(l)ight: Songs &amp; Stories for a Radical Indigenous Present&#8221; &#8220;Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist, musician, poet and writer, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. 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