Name: WILLIE THRASHER & LINDA SADDLEBACK / AMANDA SUM (UNWRITTEN WEEKEND)
Start: 2026-03-28T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-28T19:30:00-07:00
Location: The Hargrove

Amanda Sum

Willie Thrasher

WILLIE THRASHER & LINDA SADDLEBACK / AMANDA SUM (UNWRITTEN WEEKEND)

Barking Sphinx

An afternoon concert with Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddleback and Amanda Sum brings together powerful storytelling and adventurous artistry

The Hargrove

From Willie Thrasher’s road-worn country rock, influenced by his proudly Inuvialuit heart, to Amanda Sum’s blend of indie-pop, jazz, and alternative folk, this concert offers an intimate and engaging musical journey. Celebrating creativity and lived experience across generations and traditions, these artists invite audiences into performances that are at once personal, socially conscious, and musically adventurous. Presented by Barking Sphinx as part of the <a href="https://linktr.ee/barkingsphinxsociety" title="https://linktr.ee/barkingsphinxsociety" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Unwritten Weekend</a> festival. The Hargrove (150 E 3rd Ave, enter through the back alley) Saturday, March 28. Music: 5:00 pm $10 ($15 PWYC door) WILLIE THRASHER &amp; LINDA SADDLEBACKA folk troubadour with a proudly Inuvialuit heart, Willie Thrasher plays road-worn country rock in a way that feels urgent and vital. Three of Thrasher’s songs appeared on the 2014 Grammy-nominated compilation, Native North America (Vol. 1), renewing interest in his and other Indigenous artists’ work. He is joined for this show by his partner, Linda Saddleback.Thrasher’s powerful 1981 debut album, Spirit Child, which the 3 songs came from, was then reissued in 2015. Thrasher was born in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, in 1948 and at five years of age, Thrasher was taken from his family and sent to a residential school where he was forbidden to practice his Inuvialuit culture. Music was a way for Thrasher to escape the pain and longing.He has recorded both as a solo artist, and as a member of several bands, including The Cordells, and Red Cedar, with Morley Loon.

AMANDA SUMJUNO-nominated Amanda Sum assimilates elements of Indie-Pop, Jazz, and Alternative Folk into her eccentric and genre-bending sound. The vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist’s idiosyncratic work freely traverses music, theatre, and performance art, engaging diverse audiences and championing underrepresented artists.<a href="http://amandasum.com" title="http://amandasum.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">amandasum.com</a>

Thank you to Coastal Jazz for their support.Supported by the BC Arts Council. ~~~~~~~~We acknowledge that our work takes place in Vancouver on traditional and unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish),Stó:lō and səlil̓wətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful for this place.

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