Jeremy Dutcher is a classically trained tenor, Two-Spirit song carrier, polymuse, activist, ethnomusicologist, and member of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in Eastern Canada.
Dedicating his debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, to language revitalization, Jeremy unearthed century-old archival recordings of his ancestors and turned them into collaborative compositions for the grand piano. Sung entirely in Wolastoqey, his endangered mother tongue, the album won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and led to collaborations with iconic artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Leslie Feist.
His sophomore album, Motewolonuwok (ᒣᑌᐧᐁᓓᓄᐧᐁᒃ), won the 2024 Polaris Music Prize, making Jeremy the first two-time recipient of the award. Jeremy’s music transcends boundaries: unapologetically playful in its incorporation of classical and jazz influences, full of reverence for the traditional songs of his home, and teeming with the urgency of modern-day resistance.
He is regularly sought out for his perspectives on queerness, Indigeneity, language revitalization, and fashion.