FILE - Black Belt Eagle Scout performs during the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago, Saturday, July 22, 2023.
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Katherine Paul is an Indigenous musician who performs as Black Belt Eagle Scout. The band’s most recent album, “The Land, The Water, The Sky,” draws inspiration from the landscape of the Pacific Northwest and Paul’s return to her home on the Swinomish Reservation in Washington after many years in Portland. Paul recently created a 45-minute “soundwalk” in partnership with Third Angle New Music. The composition is meant to be listened to on a walk around Henry Hagg Lake in Washington County.
Paul joins us to talk about the new project and her work with Black Belt Eagle Scout.
Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Black Belt Eagle Scout will not be able to perform at Hagg Lake on Saturday, May 31. Oregon singer-songwriter Laura Gibson will now perform the live set to celebrate the launch of the soundwalk.
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