When Manitoba music icon Vince Fontaine, founder of the Juno Award-winning rock outfit Eagle & Hawk and the musical collective Indian City, died in 2022 at the age of 62, it was a shock that reverberated throughout the community. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * When Manitoba music icon Vince Fontaine, founder of the Juno Award-winning rock outfit Eagle & Hawk and the musical collective Indian City, died in 2022 at the age of 62, it was a shock that reverberated throughout the community. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? When Manitoba music icon Vince Fontaine, founder of the Juno Award-winning rock outfit Eagle & Hawk and the musical collective Indian City, died in 2022 at the age of 62, it was a shock that reverberated throughout the community.
How could a man who meant so much to so many, who did so much to champion Indigenous music and reconciliation, suddenly be gone? How could there be no more music? “One of the first things I thought when my dad died was, ‘I don’t want his legacy to die with him. I don’t want his music to die with him,’” says Vince’s daughter, Gabrielle Fontaine. Gabrielle’s grief crystallized into purpose.
She wouldn’t — couldn’t — let that happen. And now, the younger Fontaine, 27, has stepped into her father’s big shoes as the bandleader of Indian City, whose new album, , is out today, National Indigenous Peoples Day. “It’s quite.
