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Derek Miller
Miller in 2007
Born 1974
Six Nations , Ontario, Canada Genres
Blues Occupation(s) Guitarist singer-songwriter Instrument(s) Guitar Years active 2002–present Labels Arbor Records Curve Music Website
derekmiller .ca
Musical artist
Derek Miller (born 29 October 1974) is an
Aboriginal Canadian singer-songwriter. He has received two
Juno Awards . He performed at the
Closing Ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics with
Eva Avila and
Nikki Yanofsky .
Miller was born in the community of the
Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation , Ontario, Canada.
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[2] Miller became interested in music in his teens and by the late 1990s began touring with
Buffy Sainte-Marie .
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In 2002, Miller released his debut album Music is the Medicine on
Winnipeg 's Arbor Records.
[4] He received a 2003
Juno Award in the category
Aboriginal Recording of the Year for "Lovesick Blues" from his album Music is the Medicine .
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In 2006, Miller released his second album The Dirty Looks .
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[8] Miller was honoured with a 2007 Canadian Aboriginal Music Award, in the category Best Rock Album, for his The Dirty Looks album.
[9] The album went on to win Miller a 2008 Juno in the category
Aboriginal Recording of the Year .
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He performed at the closing ceremonies of the
2010 Winter Olympics with
Eva Avila and
Nikki Yanofsky .
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In 2010, Miller released his third album Derek Miller with Double Trouble .
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Miller has also appeared in supporting acting roles in film and television, including the films
Moccasin Flats : Redemption ,
Fire Song and Point Traverse , and the television series
Hard Rock Medical .
In 2015, he compiled an album titled "Rumble: A Tribute to Native Music Icons".
[13] Since 2015, he has also been the host of
Guilt Free Zone , a variety and sketch comedy series on the
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network .
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Music is the Medicine (2002)
The Dirty Looks (2006)
Derek Miller with Double Trouble (2010)
Rumble (2015)
'Blues Vol. 1'
Derek Miller Live (DVD) (2008)
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"Derek Miller Artist Page" . radio3.cbc.ca .
CBC Radio 3 . Archived from
the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2011 .
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"Derek Miller Bio" . derekmiller.ca . Derek Miller Enterprises. Archived from
the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011 .
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Collar, Matt.
"Derek Miller Biography" . allmusic.com .
Allmusic . Retrieved 1 December 2011 .
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" "Music is the medicine" (sound recording) / Derek Miller" , Collections Canada ,
Ottawa :
Library and Archives Canada ,
OCLC
53977636 , AMICUS No. 28408726, retrieved 1 December 2011 .
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"Juno nominee Cheechoo born with music" . Wawatay News . Vol. 30, no. 8.
Wawatay Native Communications Society . wawataynews.ca. 1 May 2003.
ISSN
0703-9387 .
OCLC
3951241 . Archived from
the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011 .
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"Juno Awards Database" . junoawards.ca .
Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Archived from
the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011 .
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" "The dirty looks" (sound recording)" , Collections Canada ,
Ottawa :
Library and Archives Canada ,
OCLC
219734593 , AMICUS No. 32835138, retrieved 1 December 2011 .
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"Derek Miller Channels Hunter Thompson For His Dirty Looks | Chart Attack" . Chart Attack . 9 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016 . {{
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link )
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"2007 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards Winners" . canab.com . Indian Art-I-Crafts of Ontario. 2007. Archived from
the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2011 .
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CanWest News Service (6 April 2008).
"Feist an early Juno winner » Hometown girl Feist began what could be a Juno sweep Saturday, when she took home two top prizes at the non-televised Juno Awards in Calgary" .
The Vancouver Sun .
Postmedia Network Inc. vancouversun.com.
ISSN
0832-1299 . Archived from
the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2011 .
^ Ditzian, Eric (1 March 2010).
"Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Features Neil Young, Michael Buble" . mtv.com .
MTV . Archived from
the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011 .
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" "Derek Miller with Double Trouble" (sound recording)" , Collections Canada ,
Ottawa :
Library and Archives Canada , AMICUS No. 38936251, retrieved 1 December 2011 .
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"Books & Products | National Museum of the American Indian" . www.nmai.si.edu . Retrieved 13 May 2016 .
^ Lindsay Monture,
"Derek Miller challenges the Canadian entertainment industry with TV show" . Two Row Times , June 15, 2016.
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