SAINTE-MARIE DELIVERS SUPERB, POWERFUL EVENING PERFORMANCE
(with the National Arts Center Orchestra)

Sainte-Marie proved to anyone who might have wondered that after 30 years of singing, her voice is still in superb form, as powerful and as haunting as ever.

She's in firm control of her technique, switching effortlessly from the gentle, lulling hush of Good Night to the defiance of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

Other highlights included Starwalker, which she dedicated to all Native generations past and all the generations yet to come. It drew a roaring and deserved standing ovation.

I saw her sing this song (Mister Can’t You See) before it came out on Moonshot (perfect LP) and she banged the little richard f--k out that piano! The whole concert mesmerized that audience.

There is only one Buffy Sainte-Marie. In the Native community, she is our Elvis and our Madonna, standing at the uppermost peak of stardom and success, and showing children of the world a side of Native people they rarely get to see, as regular folks.

“She can sing on, off, or around the pitch as she chooses; her sense of phrasing is superb; and the inflections that emerge from the words leave no doubt that quartertones are validly artistic when used with valid artistry”.

“It becomes obvious that her music is only one bend in a most extraordinary river.”

Buffy Sainte-Marie at the Country Music Festival, Wembley Stadium, stole the show, giving The Set of the Weekend, among stars like Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins, Dolly Parton, Carl Perkins, and Don Williams. She showed the spark of stardom at Monday night’s gala; really lit the flame in the second half with her hits Soldier Blue, Until It’s Time for You to Go, etc..

Would you believe she was a-mazing?
Exquisitely entertaining?
Fantastically wonderful?
All of the above?
Congratulations. That is the correct answer.