Digawolf is a Canadian alternative music group from
Yellowknife,
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
,
[Kyle Mullin]
"Digawolf: Yellowstone"
''Exclaim!
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'', February 26, 2019. who record and perform in both
English and
Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì.
[Karine Beaulieu]
"Born in a barn: Digawolf's 'beautiful, blistering' new album"
''Cabin Radio'', March 19, 2019. They are most noted as two-time
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...
nominees for
Indigenous Music Album of the Year, receiving nominations at the
Juno Awards of 2010 for their album ''Distant Morning Star'', and at the
Juno Awards of 2020 for ''Yellowstone''.
The band's core member is singer and songwriter Diga, a musician from
Behchokǫ̀.
[ He began his career in music as a member of Northern Band,][Elaine Anselmi]
"Yellowknifers: The Singer/Songwriter"
''Edge YK'', October 19, 2015. and released two solo albums, one under his own name and one under the stage name Diga, before forming the band. He chose the band's name by combining "Diga", the Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì word for wolf, with its English translation after having to explain many times to audiences what "Diga" meant.[ ''Distant Morning Star'', the debut album of the full band, was released in 2009.
Supporting band members have included bassist TJ Buggins and drummer David Dowe at the time of the band's 2015 album ''Great Northern Man'', and bassist Nik Heyman and drummer Peter Dombernowsky on ''Yellowstone''.][ For ''Great Northern Man'', Diga was a ]Canadian Folk Music Award
The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians. The awards progr ...
nominee for Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at the in 2016.
To promote ''Yellowstone'', the band appeared on the national CBC Radio program '' Q'' in 2019 to perform their songs "Elexe Together" and "Northern Love Affair"."Digawolf performs from upcoming new album Yellowstone live in the q studio"
'' Q'', January 25, 2019.
Discography
*''The Earth Is Crying'' (2005, as Diga)
*''Distant Morning Star'' (2009)
*''Nake De'' (2012)
*''Great Northern Man'' (2015)
*''Yellowstone'' (2019)
*''High Arctic'' (2020)
References
External links
*{{official, https://www.digawolf.com/
Musical groups from the Northwest Territories
First Nations musical groups
Canadian rock music groups
Culture of Yellowknife