Winner of the TD Indigenous Songwriter Award from the SOCAN Foundation, and Winner of 3 Teweikan Prizes in 2022, Interpreter of the Year, Folk Artist of the Year and Jury’s Choice, Laura Niquay is an Atikamekw native language: Atikamekw. Chosen on the Polaris Long List in 2021, and listed in the best Canadian album of the year by CBC Music , Exclaim ! Journal Métro, La Presse, her new album Waska Matisiwin, a sensitive and grandiose work that reveals us a folk-grunge opus with multiple luminous and complex layers of sounds and rythms. A nomad well anchored artist from Wemotaci in Mauricie. She distinguishes herself by her incomparable voice and by singing in her in her time, a quiet force that is forging a place for herself at the heart of the contemporary Quebec musical landscape.