DeeDee Austin is a 18-year-old Indigenous singer/songwriter and member of the Abegweit First Nation. DeeDee’s infectious energy and authentic songwriting is bringing her recognition across the Maritimes.
With a combined total of 16 awards and nominations, DeeDee has been recently nominated for Music Nova Scotia’s Indigenous Artist of the Year in 2023 along with Music Video of the Year 2023, along with Nominations for New Artist Recording and SOCAN songwriter of the year 2022. Austin garnered Indigenous Artist of the Year 2023, 2022 and New Artist Recording 2022. She has followed up with the newest release of her 2nd EP Stay Dancin’ released in November of 2023 along with single Natural Born Original, 16 and the sequel to her single Buried Truth – Buried Truth Part 2 and 3.
Austin was inspired to pursue a music career by her church organist, the late Maxine Hibbits, and draws much inspiration from her deep pride in her Indigenous roots.
The busy young artist has recently headlined the 2023 Canada Games Closing Ceremonies, Opened the North American Indigenous Games performed for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the Gidinawendimin along with the Stan Rogers Fest; Halifax Jazz Fest; The Guild, Charlottetown; Halifax Buskerfest; NS Mi’Kmaw Summer Games in Cape Breton; Lunenburg Folk Harbour Fest; opened for April Wine and over the past year has shared the stage with Classified, David Wilcox, Amanda Marshall, Michelle Wright, Bruce Guthro; George Canyon; Dave Gunning; JP Cormier; Neon Dreams; Drives the Common Man; Crownlands; Twin Flames and many more.
DeeDee’s multi-faceted sound will be sure to have you dancing, while simultaneously pulling on your heart strings!
“My goal is to touch the hearts of all my listeners through my realistic lyrics. I pour my heart into everything that I sing and play!”