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MORE ABOUT DAVID LARONDE
David Laronde is a Canadian Indigenous singer-songwriter and musician known for his soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics. His music, dubbed "Ancestral Beat," weaves together contemporary styles with traditional Indigenous rhythms and wisdom. Through song and music he seeks to connect the human spirit to the wisdom of our ancestors, honouring the land, culture, and traditions of his people. With a passion for storytelling and a gift for crafting timeless melodies, David’s music inspires listeners to reflect on their own connection to the natural world and the rich cultural heritage that shapes us everyone.
David is also an educator and change-maker. Seeing the disconnect between Ancestral values and our next generation he works to reconnect students of all ages. David travels northern communities teaching music, songwriting and the “Ancestral Beat” philosophy. This work was recognized with a 2023 nomination for the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Award.
David Laronde
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DAVID LARONDE, a fiercely proud Canadian, is a contemporary Indigenous singer-songwriter performing his own soothing brand of folk and edgy rock and blues. He hails from the land of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai (Deep Water People) in beautiful Northern Ontario. With the David Laronde Band, duo, or solo, he delivers an energetic and soulful performance to be remembered.
His Debut CD, "Right City Wrong Town" was nominated Best Blues CD by the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards 2013. David’s storytelling is a fresh take on heartbreak, loneliness, love, hope, and joy with a cool summer breeze in the background. His music transcends an urban influence and the mystical magic of his homeland and its ancient people. Songwriting is an ever-present backdrop of natural forces of nature...wind, water, and waves. Music and natural forces are unstoppable forces says, David. Music transcends all.
Direction home and a re-rooting of personal beliefs inspired the writing of "Under the Raven’s Wing” in 2015. This homecoming took shape as a healing and deeply personal writing and recording project defining David as a gifted contemporary indigenous songwriter and singer. His music makes the transition from folk to rock to blues seamlessly as the songs “get personal” one minute with Can’t Take You With Me or Brothers and Sisters and then “exploding into universal themes” like Northwind Track and Whispering Wind painting the scenery for the journey home. This "healing" music tends to navigate universal mysteries and personal journeys and roll them into a single song that just has to be shared with you.
In 2021 David’s songwriting got rolling again with a third album entitled “I Know I Can Fly” that received a Canadian Folk Music nomination for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year. He was inspired by a desperate need to respond to escalating numbers of teen suicides, single mothers and unjust incarceration statistics in Canada. These are modern paradoxes affecting Indigenous people across the country and we need to act to do something David says. One Last Time, Right Here For You and Leonard 's Lament tell these stories in truthful, eye opening accounts. A personal need for spiritual freedom is evident as David’s journeyman songwriting matures to untested places in I Know I Can Fly, Footsteps and Run With My Father. Freedom is a personal mind-set claims David and requires an accompanying soundtrack. The recorded songs feature a vocal maturity and a very interesting musical sensibility. To counter the serious side of the album a few toe-tappers like Gonna Be Alright (David’s Covid song) and Where Are You This Christmas were deliberately injected. Lastly the time transcending ancestral gem I Need You takes us back through time to our forerunners in an upbeat and nature driven tribute song.
Performance History
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David Laronde
Canadian Folk Music Awards 2022
Guild Theatre, Charlottetown, PEI
I Know I Can Fly - CD Release Party
Temagami Outfitters Bar and Restaurant
Temagami, ON
I Know I Can Fly - CD Release Party
Classic Theatre, Cobalt, ON
I Know I Can Fly - CD Release Party
Capitol Centre, North Bay, ON
David Laronde - solo
Waubetek Awards Gala
Casino Rama Ballroom, Rama, ON
Festival des Guitares du Monde
Rouyn Noranda, QC
David Laronde Band
Lavigne Tavern, Lavigne, ON
Bikers Reunion
New Liskeard, ON
David Laronde Band
Bunny Miller Theatre, Temagami, ON
Open for DiggingRoots Concert
Classic Theatre, Cobalt, ON
David Laronde Band
Jazz at the Junction, North Bay, ON
Deerhurst Resort with SweetGrass Band
Band Huntsville, ON
Searchmont Festival
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Italian Fest
Bondar Pavilion, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
White Eagle Tavern
Kirkland Lake, ON
Open for Crystal Shawanda
Classic Theatre, Cobalt, ON
Walking Through the Fire Tour 2023 with Sultans of String
Northern Ontario towns
Folk Music Ontario Conference Showcase,
London, ON
Open for Susan Aglukark & Band
Bunny Miller Theatre, Temagami, ON
Raven's Nest Soundstage
Temagami Train Station, Temagami, ON
SweetGrass Band
River Valley Country & Bluegrass, River Valley, ON
North Bay Farmers Market
North Bay, ON
David Laronde Band
Bear Island, ON
SweetGrass Band - Lead Guitar
Bunny Miller Theatre
Temagami, ON
David Laronde - solo
Elk Lake Eco Centre, Elk Lake, ON
David Laronde Band
Bunny Miller Theatre, Temagami, ON
David Laronde Band
Raven & Republic, North Bay, ON
All My Relations Gathering GALA
Royal Bank Tower - 45th Floor
Toronto, ON
Open for Buffy Sainte-Marie
Cobalt Classic Theatre, Cobalt, ON
Open for Suzie Vinnick & Rick Fines
Bunny Miller Theatre, Temagami, ON
Maja Garden Concert Series
Manitoulin Island
Mindemoya, ON