JEREMY DUTCHER TRIO LIVE IN JAPAN AVAILABLE AT MIDNIGHT AHEAD OF JOINING YO-YO MA ON HIS SOLD OUT JAPAN & TAIWAN TOUR AND NOVEMBER HEADLINE TOUR IN FRANCE
COLLABORATED WITH BASIA BULAT ON THE SONG “RIBBONS” FEATURED ON THE NORTH OF NORTH SHOW
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(VIDEO LIVE AT MIDNIGHT)
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Acclaimed Wolastoqiyik tenor, composer, ethnomusicologist, and activist Jeremy Dutcher releases Jeremy Dutcher Trio Live in Japan tomorrow, October 16, 2026, a new EP featuring live renditions of some of his most celebrated compositions. Recorded during his August 2025 tour of Japan, the EP captures the intimacy, energy, and spirit of Dutcher’s live performances alongside longtime collaborators Thom Gill and Stef Schneider. Dutcher extends his deep gratitude to the trio of musicians, the local teams, and the audiences who welcomed them throughout their August 2025 tour, with particular gratitude to the Ainu Nation, who he says “have continuously offered their hospitality.”
The release arrives just days before Dutcher returns to Japan and Taiwan for a series of sold-out performances with legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma on his tour, beginning October 18. The upcoming tour marks another chapter in a longstanding artistic relationship between the two musicians, who first collaborated in 2018 on “Honor Song,” featured on Ma’s Notes for the Future. Following that, Dutcher will travel to Europe for a headline tour across France in November.
BUY / STREAM JEREMY DUTCHER TRIO LIVE IN JAPAN EP HERE
WATCH / SHARE “THE LAND THAT HELD THEM” LIVE IN JAPAN HERE
(VIDEO LIVE AT MIDNIGHT)
Jeremy Dutcher Trio Live in Japan follows the September release of Kyoto Sessions, an intimate series of live performances filmed in Japan. Together, the two projects offer different perspectives on Dutcher’s connection to the country and its audiences, continuing his exploration of music as a space for cultural exchange, connection, and ancestral dialogue. His time in Japan became a deeply transformative experience.
He explains:
“this time changed my life
never been so outside & inside myself
seeing connections
a world away
calling us back
into a new understanding of
our shared global story”
He continues:
“we found ourselves seeing each other up close
and building ancestral conversations
which have been longing to form.”
The release also comes during a significant moment for Dutcher’s collaboration with Basia Bulat. Their song “Ribbons,” recorded in both English and Wolastoqey, was recently featured in the acclaimed series North of North, with the Wolastoqey version appearing in Episode 207. The episode aired on CBC, CBC Gem, and APTN+. The two artists recently brought the song to the stage for the first time at Secret City Records’ 20th anniversary showcase at POP Montreal on September 25, offering a memorable live interpretation of their collaboration.
ABOUT JEREMY DUTCHER
Jeremy Dutcher is a Two-Spirit song carrier, performer, composer, activist, classically trained tenor, and Wolastoqiyik member of Tobique First Nation in Eastern Canada. Working at the intersection of Indigenous song tradition and Western classical form, he has emerged as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Canadian music. Dedicated to Wolastoqiyik language revitalization, Jeremy’s practice is rooted in the belief that language, song, and cultural knowledge are living traditions that carry the past into the future.
His breakthrough debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (“Songs of the People of the Beautiful River”), transformed century-old archival recordings of his ancestors into arrangements for voice and grand piano. Sung entirely in Wolastoqey, the album received international acclaim and won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize.
Jeremy’s sophomore release, Motewolonuwok (ᒣᑌᐧᐁᓓᓄᐧᐁᒃ), further deepened his exploration of composition, vocal performance, and orchestral textures, earning him a second Polaris Music Prize in 2024 and making him the first artist to receive the award twice. The album reflects on Two-Spirit identity, community, responsibility, and collective futures.
Now based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), Dutcher is a sought-after voice on language revitalization, Two-Spirit identity, and fashion. In 2022, he helped launch Kekhimin, the first Wolastoqey language immersion school, founded by his mother, Lisa Perley-Dutcher. He has toured extensively across North America, Europe, and Australia, and is currently working on his first book.
TOUR DATES
18 October — Taipei, Taiwan — National Concert Hall – SOLD OUT
19 October — Taipei, Taiwan — National Concert Hall SOLD OUT
21 October — Taichung, Taiwan — National Taichung Theater - SOLD OUT
25 October — Tokyo, Japan — Suntory Hall - SOLD OUT
27 October — Tokyo, Japan — Suntory Hall - SOLD OUT
28 October — Tokyo, Japan — Suntory Hall - SOLD OUT
10 November - Haguenau, France - Municipal Theater Haguenau
12 November — Illkirch, France — L’Illiade
14 November — Tréguier, France — Théâtre de l'Arche,
15 November — Trégunc, France — MJC Tregunc Le Sterenn
19 November — Berre-l’Étang, France — Ciné 89
21 November — Fontenay-le-Comte, France — Espace René-Cassin - La Gare
22 November — Questembert, France — Centre Culturel Intercommunal L’Asphodèle
24 November — Vaulx-en-Velin, France — Centre Charlie Chaplin
JEREMY DUTCHER TRIO LIVE IN JAPAN
01 Nipuwoltin / Mehcinut
02 Skicinuwihkuk
03 Wolasweltomultine
04 BWV 846 / Ancestors Too Young
05 The Land That Held Them
06 Pomawsuwinuwok Wonakiyawolotuwuk