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  • Summary: The first new release in six years for the Canadian folk artist features production from Michael Wojewoda, Chris Birkett, and Jon Levine.
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  • Record Label: True North Records
  • Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Progressive Folk, Political Folk
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Sing Our Own Song
The great flood of tears that we've cried For our brothers and sisters who've died Over five hundred years has washed away our fears And strengthened... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. May 19, 2015
    90
    Power In The Blood is a masterpiece in a storied career.
  2. May 19, 2015
    80
    With dreamy lullabies, hypnotic love songs and pointed politics all delivered with emotional stridency, Saint-Marie blends rich musicality with the force of righteous conviction.
  3. May 26, 2015
    80
    She has lost none of her power in the interim.
  4. Uncut
    Jun 24, 2015
    80
    The new songs are equally striking, ranging from sensual lullabies to strident protest, delivered with a righteous spiritual and political conviction in a muscular voice full of spit and pungency. [Aug 2015, p.78]
  5. Jul 1, 2015
    80
    Power in the Blood is the work of an elder working against genre, knowing history, and moving forward into aesthetically unknown territory. For a septuagenarian, the optimism of it is heartening.
  6. May 19, 2015
    70
    Power in the Blood's stylistic adventure and restless aesthetic spirit are indeed Sainte-Marie's hallmarks. But on their own, musical and sonic diversity do not a fine album make. It takes good songs and inspired performances to balance the equation, and this album has them all.
  7. Mojo
    May 20, 2015
    60
    The Cree folkie in fine bellicose form at 74. [Jun 2015, p.96]

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