Shawnee Kish is making her mark using music as medicine with her big soul voice and empowering message. CBC named the powerhouse singer as their 2020 Searchlight winner. “It’s hard not to be moved by the raw emotion in her voice,” explains Kai Black CBC Music executive producer. Billboard names Shawnee as one of their “Artists You Should Know” while MTV puts her on their list of their “Top Gender Bending Artists” as a Two Spirit person in music. “Shawnee is fearlessly authentic in her artistry,” says Zubin Thakker platinum selling producer. The Two Spirit singer tributes music as what pulled her from a dark place in her life growing up. Struggling with growing up and dealing with depression Shawnee used music as therapy and creating as healing.