He began his career with Vancouver's Spiritsong indigenous theatre company in 1990.[2] His stage roles have included productions of
Drew Hayden Taylor's alterNatives[3] and The BuzGem Blues.[4]
His followup album Trail of Tears, released in 2009, won the awards for Best Male Artist, Best Rock Album and Best Acoustic Folk Album at the 2010 Aboriginal Music Awards,[9] was a Juno nominee for Aboriginal Album of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2010,[10] and a Canadian Folk Music Award nominee for Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at the
6th Canadian Folk Music Awards.
^Peter Birnie, "Digging in the darkness: Playwright Drew Hayden Taylor seems happiest when his work enters the uncomfortable space surrounding his First Nations heritage". Vancouver Sun, November 4, 1999.
^Peter Birnie, "Straight-ahead comedy looks at true love". Vancouver Sun, April 2, 2004.
^Michael D. Reid, "A quest for Indigenous rights, in song; Marie Clements'The Road Forward is a surprisingly entertaining documentary on B.C. Aboriginal activism". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 17, 2017.