Blackbird sung in one of the Salish languages

Thursday, June 20th, 2019 5:37pm

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Carlyn Andres

Summary

Beatles song Blackbird again, this time in a West Coast Indigenous language.

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Carlyn Andres sings the popular Beatles song Blackbird in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language. The traditional territory is along the lower Fraser River valley in B.C. on the West Coast.

Guitarist is Christopher Moerman.

In April, Windspeaker.com shared the Blackbird song sung in Mi’kmaq, a language from the East Coast.