Canadian Norine Braun is an award-winning Métis and Two Spirit singer-songwriter and prolific recording artist based in East Vancouver. With 15 applauded albums to her name, Braun has carved out a singular artistic identity defined by soulful vocals, thought-provoking lyrics, and a genre-defying blend of roots, blues, folk, and alternative influences. Her music is emotionally rich, introspective, and unafraid to explore the depths of identity, belonging, love, and transformation.

Braun’s newest album, A Hero In The Wind, is a soul-stirring roots album recorded in an extraordinary way — each track completed live-off-the-floor in just one hour.  The title track—written in honour of her birth father, who passed away just after Christmas—emerged from the profound and healing conversations they shared while getting to know each other later in life. Themes of reconnection, resilience, and reclaimed roots run throughout the album “A Hero In The Wind" is about trusting the moment — in music and in life, sometimes the best takes are the first ones, when you’re fully in the flow.

What makes A Hero In The Wind especially distinctive is the way it was created: the first five tracks were recorded live-off-the-floor in only one hour each during Steve Dawson’s Henhouse Pop-Up Sessions at Vancouver’s legendary Warehouse Studio. The format demanded immediacy and trust, resulting in performances that feel raw, alive, and deeply human. The album also features three reflective bonus tracks produced by Adam Popowitz, who produced Norine's last 8 albums, rounding out a narrative arc of loss, healing, and gratitude. With exquisite cover art by Katarina Thorsen—drawn from a photo of Braun’s birth father—the project represents a full-circle moment, both personally and artistically.

Before this release, Braun’s acclaimed concept album Journey Toward Wholeness chronicled her reunion with her birth family and Métis lineage and is the most personal and creatively daring chapters of her career. Supported by a First Peoples’ Cultural Council Award, the album blends groove-based textures, rootsy warmth, and blues-inflected soundscapes, further solidifying her reputation as a fearless storyteller who brings emotional clarity to complex lived experiences.

Her previous album, Songs For Trees, explored environmental themes and the healing power of nature during the pandemic and the importance of saving the ancient trees. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, and FACTOR, the album received glowing national attention—The Vancouver Sun named it one of the “5 Albums You Need to Hear.” Singles charted on the SiriusXM Indigenous Music Countdown and Canadian college radio, highlighting her reach across diverse audiences.

Braun’s broader discography includes the long-running charting holiday album December Falls, the VIA Rail-inspired Through Train Windows, and the critically praised Gone To The Spirits, which earned a Western Canadian Music Award nomination for its powerful portrayal of Two Spirit prophet and warrior woman Ququnak Paǂkiy.

A dynamic performer, Braun has toured extensively across Canada, the U.S., and Japan, performing at festivals and stages such as the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Shipyards Festival, White Rock Blues and Jazz Festival Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival, Khatsahlano Festival, PNE Indigenous Stage, and inaugural Indigifest Victoria. Whether performing solo or with her longtime partner and keyboardist Alice Fraser, or 6 piece band her concerts are intimate, soulful, and unforgettable.

Beyond her recordings, Braun is a skilled music video director and editor and has served as a juror for the JUNOs, FACTOR, First Peoples’ Cultural Council, and CreativeBC. She has to mentored emerging artists through grant coaching and community arts initiatives.

A true Canadian original, Norine Braun creates transformative, heartfelt music that resonates across cultures, generations, and lived experiences—always singing from a place of truth.