Joel Wood is a Cree musician from

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, Canada. He is most noted for his album ''Singing Is Healing'', which was a Juno Award nominee for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year at the

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. He is the son of Steve Wood, a musician with the traditional Cree group

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with whom Joel has also performed as a member,Ashante Infantry, "Grammy nominee Northern Cree summons spirit of rock 'n' roll". ''

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'', February 7, 2009. and the cousin of Fawn Wood, a musician who was a fellow Juno nominee in the same category in 2022.

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