On October 9, Black Belt Eagle Scout (aka Katherine Paul) returns to the Lincoln Theatre for a special night of music and community in celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Black Belt Eagle Scout headlines the evening, with Lummi violinist and storyteller Swil Kanim joining for a few special songs and collaborations throughout the set.
Opening the night is singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza, whose music weaves together storytelling, resistance, joy, and connection.
Just a few days ahead of Indigenous Peoples' Day, the evening brings three Indigenous artists together on one stage to celebrate music, community, and being together here in the Pacific Northwest.
ALL ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBERS RECEIVE A DISCOUNTED TICKET RATE OF $20 or $15 PER TICKET, DEPENDING ON SEATING SECTION. BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR. PLEASE PRESENT TRIBAL ID AT DOOR WHEN ARRIVING FOR EVENT.
This land runs through Katherine Paul’s blood. And it called to her. In dreams she saw the river, her ancestors, and her home. When the land calls, you listen. And KP found herself far from her ancestral lands during a time of collective trauma, when the world was wounded and in need of healing. In 2020 she made the journey from Portland back to the Skagit River, back to the cedar trees that stand tall and shrouded in fog, back to the tide flats and the mountains, back to Swinomish.
It is a powerful thing to return to our ancestral lands and often times the journey is not easy. Like the salmon through the currents, like the tide as it crawls to shore this is a story of return. It is the call and response. It is the outstretched arms of the people who came before, welcoming her home. Her latest album, The Land, The Water, The Sky, is a celebration of lineage and strength. Even in its deepest moments of loneliness and grief, of frustration over a world wrought with colonial violence and pain, the songs remind us that if we slow down, if we listen to the waves and the wind through the trees, we will remember to breathe.
"If you can imagine all of the best things that the Pacific Northwest has brought us -- Mount Eerie, Grunge, Sleater-Kinney, The Girls Rock Camp, and lush mountain ranges -- reimagined and told through the perspective of an Indigenous Swinomish / Iñupiaq woman; if you can imagine the magic that would bring to your life then you can imagine Black Belt Eagle Scout." —She Shreds Magazine
Swil Kanim is a U.S. Army veteran, storyteller, actor, and classically trained violinist from Washington State. A board member of the Seattle Symphony, he blends original compositions with powerful stories drawn from his life and heritage, inspiring audiences nationwide. His music and compositions are the direct result of a well-supported public school music program, which he credits for nurturing his artistry.
Swil Kanim is the recipient of the Woodring College Professional Excellence Award, the Bellingham Mayor's Arts Award, and has been recognized as a Certified Virtuoso Violinist by the Whatcom Chapter of the Washington Music Educators Association. In 2008, he was also honored to perform with His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Seeds of Compassion event in Seattle.
The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza has always made political folk music that is informed by her identity as a woman of mixed Indigenous, Asian and Latina heritage. She gained recognition in 2016 with "In The River," which was written to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. When she performed a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR, she spoke and sang about making live music more economically accessible. She currently writes the music for Netflix's Spirit Rangers, a show featuring an all Native American writers' room and cast.
Her newest album, Hold That Spirit, draws from buoyant indie pop like Japanese Breakfast and contemplative folk like Joni Mitchell. It is a nuanced, complicated album because it is rooted in Zaragoza's specific hardships, from her anxiety to her fraught relationship with work to her heartbreak, but it also looks outward and finds solace in people who have a shared understanding of those experiences. By leaning on those who make her feel seen and supported as she ventured into the world alone, she was able to remain defiantly optimistic, and inspire us all to do the same, too.
Advance Reserved Seating Tickets: $28 1st section; $24 2nd section + applicable fees. Lincoln Theatre Members receive $3 off all seating tiers.
All prices include a $2.00 Preservation Fee that goes directly into our capital account for the preservation of the Lincoln Theatre and its programs.
ALL ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBERS RECEIVE A DISCOUNTED TICKET RATE OF $20 or $15 PER TICKET, DEPENDING ON SEATING SECTION. BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR. PLEASE PRESENT TRIBAL ID AT DOOR WHEN ARRIVING FOR EVENT.