ILA & EMILY - live music & dance

Sisters Ila Barker & Emily Solstice fuse music & dance to deliver a captivating and dynamic performance in your backyard! Ila’s folk soul songs blended with Emily’s modern movements together create an organic experience that will capture the attention of any audience. 

Ila Barker - With soul and voice well beyond her years, folk artist Ila Barker captures audiences with her sweet melodies and dynamic presence. Ila is of mixed ojibwe and settler heritage with roots running deep in the prairies, bringing tones of rich history and texture to her craft. Fusing authentic and timeless notes this singer songwriter will surely connect and leave a lasting impression. Ila has brought her craft to an array festivals and stages including the Regina Folk Festival, the Winnipeg Folk Festival and the sākihiwē festival. In the summer of 2019 Ila opened for Jeremy Dutcher at the Indian River Festival. In February 2020 Ila released the “Let Go” single, a collaboration with UK based artist Milan André that was recorded off the floor in one take in the northern Cree Nation of Nemaska, Quebec. She is also working on finalizing album plans for her highly anticipated follow-up EP to be released later this year. https://www.ilabarker.com/ Instagram - @ilabarkermusic

Emily Solstice - Emily Solstice Tait is of mixed settler and Ojibway heritage (Berens River First Nation), living in Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a 2019 graduate of the Professional Program at the School of Contemporary Dancers and a current Indigenous Arts Leadership Fellow with Theatre Projects Manitoba through the Winnipeg Arts Council. Her practice is rooted in dance but crosses into theatre, devising, choreography, and stage management.

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