Red Pheasant singer-songwriter to perform at Frontier Centre

The event will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. near the south end of the establishment.

“It’s not the whole band. It will be a miniature acoustic show,” Nicotine said. “I will be doing some of the covers [songs] that the band is known for.”

Nicotine will also perform some of her original songs, and is looking forward to releasing a new album soon called Phoenix.

“People can come and have a seat, grab [a bite to eat], do their shopping and bring their kids,” she said. “All of our songs have been on Saskatchewan’s Indigenous top five music countdown.”

Nicotine describes her music as country-rock. She also shares some of her experiences as an Indigenous woman, and as a residential school survivor in her songwriting.

“I’m creating an all-original album right now,” she said. “It’s going to touch on those issues. The music I have so far is more like dancing music and love [songs]. But I will get a little bit deeper in my craft and bring out stories about residential schools and other [important] topics, other [issues] that affect First Nations, like our health.”

Nicotine said with her songwriting she hopes to encourage First Nations people to be kind to themselves, and “take better care of ourselves.”

She said when she was invited to perform at the mall she loved the idea, as a recently new concept for the space, to help bring out the community.

Nicotine also enjoys performing in the more family-focused setting, rather than in a bar lounge for example, and is excited about the opportunity to showcase her craft some place new.

“I’d rather play for the youth and the Elders,” she said. “I like to be a role model to help our youth. And the music I [play] helps bring memories back for the older generation, the Elders that are out there. To me that’s really important — to be a role model, because I’ve had a hard life. I’ve gone to residential school.There are [challenges] I’ve had to overcome. I raise my grandchildren now in ceremony, and I follow our culture.”

Frontier Centre’s property manager Shirley Blyan said the mall started offering concerts since December, and has seen a positive response from the community. Plans are to continue. Blyan said having music in the establishment is also a good opportunity to bring in more people, and more shoppers to the site.

“I think it has done well,” she said. “It has definitely improved the atmosphere of the mall.”

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by Angela Brown

Red Pheasant singer-songwriter to perform at Frontier Centre

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