Shawnee Kish

Songwriter

Birthday September 22

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Welland, Canada

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About

Singer and songwriter known for songs like "Mirror Me" and "Warrior Heart." She earned fame as a Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022. Her debut EP was released in 2021. That year, she created Music Is My Medicine, a symphonic work that was performed by the National Arts Centre Orchestra for the CBC Gem web series Undisrupted. 

Before Fame

At age 12, she began her career singing Shania Twain songs.

Trivia

She was the winner of CBC Music's Searchlight competition in 2020. The following year, she was one of the winners of the Allan Slaight Juno Master Class program for artist development. In 2023, she participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's "What I Wouldn't Do." The song was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health.

Family Life

She has Mohawk ancestry. In 2021, she married Olympic rugby player Jen Kish.

Associated With

Her wedding ceremony was officiated by Rachel Notley.