CANADIAN First Nation Diyet has a fascinating background which includes Japanese and Scottish roots. This multi-cultural background influence the music she sings with her band Love Soldiers, who have two dates with Artsreach, at Cranborne’s Cecil Memorial Hall on Friday 15th May at 7.30pm, and the Comrades Hall at Broadwindsor on Saturday 16th at 8pm.

Born in a tent, raised in a cabin on the shores of a glacial lake in the Kluane region of Canada’s Yukon Territory, she embodies her Southern Tutchone, Japanese, Tlingit and Scottish roots with a musical presence that is diverse and unique.

Connected by land, transformed by language, Diyet’s songs are natural, genuine and a reminder to listen to the world around us. The music she performs with her band is alternative country, folk, roots and traditional music with catchy melodies and stories deeply rooted in Diyet’s indigenous world view and northern life.

The music expands across the width of Canadian music with a focus on lyrical stories that take the listener on a journey through land and time. Inspired by vast landscapes, clashing and embracing realities, Diyet’s lyrics paint a picture of wildness, truth, hope, reconciliation, history and the community that surrounds her.

She sings in both English and her traditional language, Southern Tutchone, and plays bass. Backed by Love Soldiers – husband and collaborator Robert van Lieshout (acoustic guitar, drums and percussion) and Bob Hamilton (electric guitar, pedal steel and mandolin) – this trio has a sound that can fill a big stage or capture an intimate room.