Don Amero

From the North End of Winnipeg, Amero has definitely faced his share of adversity. With poverty, gangs, drugs and violence as daily reminders of the harshness of the world, Don's life was nevertheless tempered by love, support and the knowledge that a Greater Power was intimately involved in his life. Shaped and molded by his coming of age, his music carries both the depth of experiencing hardship and the luminosity of experiencing hope. All who have the pleasure of listening to his music will no doubt leave with his encouraging message of positivity lifting their spirits.

Male Artist of the Year at the 2009 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards, Amero is set to release his third album, entitled The Long Way Home.