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Folk Duo Spirit Trail Pay Tribute to the Enduring Power of Standing Rock With “Water Protectors”

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Spirit Trail
Fri Feb 25, 2022
Cashbox Canada

Although the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock may have receded from the press and faded from public memory, they continue to have an enormous impact on how many of us now think about the environment and our natural resources. With that, Thompson, Manitoba-based folk duo Spirit Trail pays tribute to that Sioux legacy via their rocking-and-soaring new single, “Water Protectors” – Check it out on YouTube here:

“Water Protectors” begins with a rhythmic, full-bodied acoustic guitar that soon surrenders the spotlight to the seamless interplay of Destiny Fiddler and Chas Piper’s voices. Their harmonies are like an elegant, deftly choreographed dance — with Fiddler’s vibrato soprano blending and dissolving into Piper’s earnest alto, and vice versa, so that at many points it’s impossible to determine where one ends and the other begins.

Punctuated by tambourine as well as wailing electric guitar, the message of “Water Protectors” is one of continuing the fight, the mission, that began at Standing Rock:
Out on the frontline
Rockin’ in the street it’s time
The Water Protectors
Of the Sky and Earth

From Standing Rock, North Dakota
It ain’t over till it’s over
Oh sister and brother
We’ve got to stand
Defend the sacred Mother

That’s because water is a precious resource that Spirit Trail refuses to take for granted. “Water is our lifeblood and it is our responsibility to care for and protect it before it is too late,” Destiny says. “There’s no time to take lightly the degradation and poisoning of our sacred waters. Where will we be when there’s nothing clean to drink and the medicine won’t grow?”

It’s a message the duo hopes will be heard around the globe. “The song was written to inspire the kind of revolutionary response at Standing Rock here in Canada and all over the world,” Chas says, adding that right now the Wet’suwet’en are defending their sacred headwaters from another pipeline. “People need to wake up and realize this fight is theirs, whether they are in a city, on the res, or wherever.”

Spirit Trail began in 2019 when Destiny Fiddler and Chas Piper met at a tree-planting camp outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Destiny is Cree, Mathias Colomb First Nation from Pukatawagan, Manitoba, and she grew up in Thompson and Flin Flon, Manitoba. Chas was born in Windsor, Ontario, was raised by a single mom, and also spent some time in foster care; Chas left home at 14 and survived the streets by busking until he made his way to Alberta at 17.

Although they have different backgrounds, their shared experiences of social injustice created an instant connection — as well as their love for poetry and music. They fell madly in love and decided to head west, embarking on a road trip across Canada and writing songs along the way. The mountains and the forests provided inspiration, fueling artistic creativity and writing.

For more on Spirit Trail visit:
instagram.com/spirittrailmusic/
tiktok.com/@spirittrailmusic
facebook.com/spirittrailmusic
twitter.com/theSpiritTrail
open.spotify.com/artist/36IjNUAdHyeXgKecVB68AJ

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