Kristi Lane Sinclair Kristi Sinclair Toronto A classically trained guitarist who grew up on grunge, Kristi Lane Sinclair is back with a new single, “Break,” featuring the hugely talented late musician Kelly Fraser, where we see Sinclair again holding space for women who’ve endured violence. The song culminates in a unified declaration that “no this is not the night,” one of many moments on the track that avows agency. “Writing that song, I was trying to get all those women’s voices in my head out. That clicked when I was in the studio,” says Sinclair. Sinclair released her first album, the self-produced I Love You, in 2010, and followed it with 2013’s By The Sea Alone. In 2015, she released Dark Matter, which earned the Best Rock Album honour at the 2017 Indigenous Music Awards. The making of that album was documented in a six-part APTN series, Face The Music. After that came The Ability to Judge Distance in 2018. Producer Terra Lightfoot had been hoping to work with Sinclair since the two crossed paths at the Dawson City Music Festival in 2015. When she heard Sinclair’s demos, Lightfoot jumped at the chance to collaborate. “I believe this song will be transcendent, and set an example for all young women in the music industry,” says Lightfoot. “It’s a true statement celebrating women, and how we are healing together.”
