Brianna Lizotte is a Métis Canadian fiddle player based in Edmonton, Alberta,Paul Cowley, "Central Alberta-raised Métis fiddler nominated for Juno". Red Deer Advocate, February 26, 2025. who received a Juno Award nomination for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2025 for her album Winston & I.Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2025 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 11, 2025.
Born and raised in Sylvan Lake, she attended high school in Red Deer. She released her debut album, Scratch 'Em, in 2018 before studying music at MacEwan University, where she graduated in 2023. At MacEwan she discovered an interest in jazz, and incorporated some big band jazz elements into Winston & I.
Winston & I was named in honour of Cree musician and educator Winston Wuttunee, with much of the album played on a fiddle Wuttunee previously owned.Josh Hall, "Sylvan Lake’s Brianna Lizotte reveling in Juno nomination for ‘Winston & I’". RD News Now, March 5, 2025.
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