Burnstick is a Canadian folk music group, consisting of married couple Jason Burnstick and Nadia Gaudet.[1] They are most noted for their albums Dream Big, Little One / Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange (2015), for which they received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2016,[2] and Kîyânaw (2019), for which they were nominated for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year at the 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2020.[3]
Burnstick is a member of the Plains Cree nation, while Gaudet is of Franco-Manitoban and Métis heritage, and the duo perform music in the English, French and Cree languages.
Prior to launching the duo, Jason Burnstick was active as a solo artist, and received a Juno Award nomination for Aboriginal Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2007.[4]