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Sechile Sedare with Kate Stevens

Sechile Sedare is Dene for “my younger brother, my older sister,” which doubles as the eponymous band name for siblings Leela Gilday and Jay Gilday. A residency at the Banff Centre in 2021 during COVID lockdown gave them the opportunity to convert their natural storytelling gifts into a repertoire of driving, twin guitar-based songs about life on the traditional homelands of the NWT. With powerful, soaring vocals and a warm, light-hearted rapport with audiences, Sechile Sedare unlock a world of histories and herstories, teach us about what connection to the land means in Canada’s north, and present it all in a contemporary roots format that is a unique blend of entertainment and enlightenment.
Calgary’s Kate Stevens is charting her own course as a sultry, vivacious, jazz-inflected R&B singer-songwriter. A media-savvy graduate of SAIT Polytechnic and a CKUA radio host, she is making waves as she makes her mark playing venues such as the National Music Centre and the Calgary Folk Music Festival. Lean into the beyond-her-years vibe she projects and you too will understand the buzz.
Presented by the Calgary Folk Club