Nanaimo, BC

A folk troubadour with a proudly Inuvialuit heart, Willie Thrasher’s road-worn country rock is a vital piece of Indigenous Canadiana, properly venerated after several of his tracks were featured on the 2014 Grammy-nominated compilation Native North America (Vol. 1), Joined by his partner Linda Saddleback, he returns to Sled Island for the first time in nearly a decade.