Derek Miller

About

Blues singer-songwriter known for critically successful albums such as The Dirty Looks and Music is the Medicine. He earned Juno awards for the former recording, and the track "Lovesick Blues" from the latter album earned honors as well.  

Before Fame

He started performing professionally during his teenage years and released his first studio album, Music is the Medicine, in his late twenties.

Trivia

An actor as well as a musician, he appeared in the movie Moccasin Flats: Redemption and in the Canadian television drama Hard Rock Medical.

Family Life

He grew up in Ontario, Canada, as a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation tribe. He has a sister named Andrea Menard.

Associated With

Early in his career, he toured with fellow Canadian aboriginal singer Buffy Sainte-Marie.