Leonard Sumner

Leonard Sumner
Leonard Sumner
Origin	Little Saskatchewan First Nation, Canadian
Genres	country, folk, hip hop
Spouse	Tasha Spillett-Sumner
Website	leonardsumner.com

Leonard Sumner is an Anishinaabe singer-songwriter from Canada, whose music blends aspects of country, folk and hip-hop music.^[1]

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.^[2]

He released his debut album Rez Poetry in 2013,^[3] and followed up with Standing in the Light in 2018.^[4]

Year	Award	Category	Nominee/Work	Result	Ref
2019	Juno Award	Indigenous Music Album of the Year	Standing in the Light	Nominated	^[5]

A member of the Little Saskatchewan First Nation in Manitoba, Sumner has been based in Winnipeg since 2011.^[1] He is married to writer Tasha Spillett-Sumner. She gave birth to their daughter, Isabella, in March 2020.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Leonard Sumner's fusion of country and hip-hop rooted in family and community". Unreserved, March 18, 2016.
^ "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
^ "Leonard Sumner on Rez Poetry and Idle No More". CBC News Manitoba, December 3, 2013.
^ "Anishinaabe musical force back in the light". Winnipeg Free Press, March 19, 2018.
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