Mimi O'Bonsawin - Lean Into Your Roots

Mimi O’Bonsawin is a contemporary roots singer-songwriter from Northeastern Ontario. Through her rhythm and story-driven songs, Mimi embraces the beauty of the land, all the while yielding to her Franco-Ontarian and Abenaki roots. Mimi and Alex discuss her 6th studio album "Willow" that was released on March 3rd, 2023. We discuss her approach to songwriting and what she teaches students of songwriting workshops, what the some of the songs mean to her, the production process with her husband - creating the album with wooden instruments inside their log cabin recording studio, and approaching the release of any of your music with authenticity. It"s a wonderful chat full of amazing tidbits - including the type of medicine that comes from the Willow tree. Thank you for listening. Mimi"s website Video Version of the Interview   "Release Day," an ongoing series where we sit down with Canadian musicians of all genres to discuss their latest releases from singles to albums, and their strategy behind releasing it to the world. https://releasedayseries.com/ https://twitter.com/ReleasedaySrs https://www.instagram.com/releaseday_series/