Yovan Nagwetch (Little Sun) is a Canadian Metis from Gaspesia who emigrated to Europe where he developed several musical projects.
After many years on the roads of France and Southern Europe, Yovan arrived in Finland in the end of the 90s. There, in the country of thousands lakes, he started to explore the musical heritage of his Wabanaki ancestors, a hoop of Aboriginal nations located on the Altantic shore of Canada and the USA.
The result was the creation of WABANAG, a concept band gathering young musicians of different ethnic backgrounds and playing Yovans music.
In 2000, they released their first demo Nagwetch: Indian Rock and started touring regularly in Finland becoming one of the most interesting bands of World Music that Rocks.
In 2004, Yovan got a deal with BOX, a small independent label based in Finland that decided to produce his first album. The album ULODI was released some months later, and got a positive critics in the Finnish press and warm welcome from all the fans and the general public more in general.
On ULODI, most of the tracks are Yovans own compositions in traditional Wabanaki language. Like Yovan, the music is metis combining elements of tradition and modernity. Some experts see similarities with the new Sami music of Marie Boine and Ulla Pirttijarvi.
The same year, a documentary on the making of ULODI was broadcast on YLE 1 national Finnish TV and a long interview of Yovan was presented on YLE 1 national Finnish Radio:
A promotour in the main Finnish cities brought new fans.
The band also started to interest foreign producers, especially in Canada and the USA. Such comments as "Yovan's pure, wild passion reminds me of Robert Mirabal on his "Music From a Painted Cave" album which has been a best seller for us" by Tessalin Green of Silver Wave Music are since being heard every week, and ULODI songs are played regularly on native radios in America.
In 2005 Wabanag's CD ULODI is a nominé for "the best international album" category in the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award hold in Toronto.
The music of Yovan with Wabanag is unique in Europe (and maybe in the world), and there is no doubt that the challenge of creating a space for Canadian Aboriginal music in this part of the world is big. However, today there are a growing number of concert goers and festival organisers who look for artists having something to say and are part of a spiritual and social renewal. Some of them have seen in Yovans musical expression and live performances the passion and commitment they are looking for.
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Un super grand merci pour ton add ! Nous apprécions beaucoup ta musique. Cette fusion est géniale ! Nous espérons te rencontrer un jour peut-être... Oscar Navarro - Shamans
