Buffy Sainte-Marie Publicizes Retirement from Stay Performances

Canadian folks icon Buffy Sainte-Marie has introduced her retirement from stay performances.

The 82-year-old singer-songwriter attributed the choice to a “mixture of contributing elements together with travel-induced well being considerations and performance-inhibiting bodily challenges.”

“I’ve made the troublesome resolution to drag out of all scheduled performances within the foreseeable future,” Sainte-Marie stated in an announcement. “Arthritic palms and a latest shoulder harm have made it not doable to carry out to my requirements. Honest regrets to all my followers and household, my band and the assist groups that make all of it doable.”

The Oscar- and Polaris Prize-winning artist launched her most up-to-date album, Medication Songs, in 2017. Final yr, she was the topic of a documentary known as Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On, which is at present streaming on PBS’s web site.