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Outdoor portrait of duo Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddleback gazing toward one another, with a large body of water behind them. Willie Thrasher is holding a guitar.

Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddleback

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. 

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 A colour photo shows seven-piece country band posing outside a house. All are in western wear.

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