Vince Fontaine, co-founder of Eagle & Hawk, performs with the band for an Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs event at the Winnipeg convention centre in December 2019. (Andrew Wall - image credit)Friends, loved ones and Manitoba's music community are mourning the loss of Juno-Award-winning guitarist Vince Fontaine. Fontaine and Bodner won numerous awards with Eagle & Hawk at the Junos, Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, Western Canadian Music Awards, Native American Music Awards and more. "He really, really worked in his butt off to move the dial and pushing Indigenous music into the mainstream." Head fondly remembers the night both she and Fontaine won Native American Music Awards.

Source: CBC News January 13, 2022 02:53 UTC