Leonard Sumner is an Anishinaabe singer-songwriter from Canada, whose music blends aspects of country, folk and hip-hop music."Leonard Sumner's fusion of country and hip-hop rooted in family and community". Unreserved, March 18, 2016.
Music career He is most noted for his 2018 album Standing in the Light, which received a Juno Award nomination for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019."Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
He released his debut album Rez Poetry in 2013,"Leonard Sumner on Rez Poetry and Idle No More". CBC News Manitoba, December 3, 2013. and followed up with Standing in the Light in 2018."Anishinaabe musical force back in the light". Winnipeg Free Press, March 19, 2018.
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryNominee/WorkResultRef2019Juno AwardIndigenous Music Album of the YearStanding in the Light
Personal life A member of the Little Saskatchewan First Nation in Manitoba, Sumner has been based in Winnipeg since 2011. He is married to writer Tasha Spillett-Sumner. She gave birth to their daughter, Isabella, in March 2020.
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