This is a song called Old Souls because we are just that – old souls repeating the patterns of our ancestors, some of us more privileged than others – and I’m not here attacking anybody’s Canadian identity – I’m here in search of your empathy, to look out for the First Nations people of this country, and take care for one another.” ![]() “And one of the first laws of the universe is that energy is neither created nor destroyed, so all the things we exude in this time will delegate where our next cycle in this life goes that’s where the energy is likely to be. The merit of carrying those who need our privilege and power,” he offered. You can wear the clothes of a good person, but it is with the use of our power to uplift those who are more vulnerable, and that is truly put to the test. “The old timers in my community, they have this really terrific saying that says, ‘you can sit in the garage all you want, and it’ll never turn you into a car.’ I have the same principle behind being a good person. Pausing between “Breathless” and “Old Timers,” William took the first of several opportunities to not only converse with his audience, but to do so as a proud representative of his Peguis First Nation heritage, and seek to open dialogue with themes of community, reconciliation, and just being a good person. Thank you so much for having me.” And as the ensuing welcoming applause subsided, Prince’s initial acoustic guitar chords signaled the arrival of “Wasted,” taken from his sophomore album, and followed immediately (with no-to-little pause) by his popular hit “Breathless.” Give it up for all the performers this afternoon and evening. “Good evening, London, nice to see you again,” William stated as he stepped up to the microphone on the main Home County Stage to close out both the evening and the festival as the Sunday headlining artist. ![]() Having caught a handful of songs from this Manitoban singer-songwriter in a workshop at the Philly Folk Festival back in 2018 (supporting his JUNO-Award winning debut “Earthly Days” album), Prince exploded onto the folk-roots-country scene shortly after with the additional releases of his two 2020 albums, “Reliever” and “Gospel First Nation.” ![]() As I alluded to yesterday with our weekly Wednesday video share on our social media pages, one of my personal highly anticipated performances at this year’s festival was the opportunity to catch music from Peguis First Nation artist William Prince.
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