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New Album out now, climbing the charts!

Hello everyone.

We are so excited, our new album Walking Through the Fire is out now!

You can read all about it in our Record World cover story by clicking on the image below

Thanks to everyone who has voted so far to help us climb the charts in the Indigenous Music Countdown! We are so grateful for all the attention this song with Crystal Shawanda is getting from Indigenous Music Countdown, and all the listeners with open ears and open hearts! We would love it if you can keep voting it up the charts!

Please visit https://www.indigenousmusiccountdown.com , and you can register to vote once a day for us! THANK YOU so much for your support!

More about the new album!

Stream album:   https://sultansofstring.lnk.to/walkingthroughthefire.

Physical CDs: https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sos-spotify

YouTube Playlist https://tinyurl.com/WTTFvideos

What do Crystal Shawanda, Leela Gilday, Northern Cree powwow group, a dozen other Indigenous artists, and Roots band Sultans of String have in common? They have all come together in the spirit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action and Final Report that calls for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to work together to show a path forward, and together have created Walking Through the Fire. This album and live show are a powerful collection of collaborations between the roots group and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists from across Turtle Island, with the CD releasing September 15, 2023, and a live concert tour launching on September 28, leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Fire can be destructive, as we have seen with the unprecedented forest fires still burning in Canada. But what we see right afterward is interesting, as collaborating Indigenous art director Mark Rutledge explains, referencing the title and cover art of Walking Through the Fire. “You’ll see the burnt-out husks of trees and the ash and the charcoal on the landscape. But fireweed is the first plant after a forest fire that emerges, and you’ll see rivers and fields of magenta within the barren landscape, and those nutrients are going back into the soil for the next generation of trees and flowers and regrowth.”

There is fear instilled within the very notion of fire because it can be so destructive, not just to the landscape, but to the lives of people. But what lies beyond fear that holds people back from achieving what they want to achieve? “The other side of fear is growth and potential with collaboration between non-Indigenous and Indigenous people,” Mark continues. “When we drop the word reconciliation on people, there’s a large group of people who don’t understand what that means. And when you don’t understand something, you are fearful of it. But if we go through the same experience together, we walk through that fire together, and we come out together on the other end and have that unified experience together, that’s the power in this album.”

Together these artists are making a safe, creative space where new connections can be dreamed of – not in the Western way of thinking and problematizing – but instead a deeper sharing and understanding, with music being the common ground to help cultures connect and understand each other. “We are opening doors for each other, as Indigenous peoples, as settler peoples. This project is about creating connections and spaces to learn from each other” explains collaborator Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, violist with Métis Fiddler Quartet.

Nine-time Grammy-nominated Northern Cree and community organisers in Kettle and Stony Point welcomed Sultans of String to their annual powwow for one of these collaborations. Steve Wood, drummer and singer, explains, “When you’re collaborating with mainstream music, it shows that we can work together to bring out the very best in who we are as human beings, and we can bring out something very beautiful.”

A central theme running through Walking Through the Fire is the need for the whole truth of Residential Schools and the Indigenous experience to be told long before reconciliation can possibly take place. Grammy-nominated Elder and poet Dr. Duke Redbird, who in many ways provided the initial inspiration for this project, explains, “The place that we have to start is with truth. Reconciliation will come sometime way in the future, perhaps, but right now, truth is where we need to begin the journey with each other.”

Sultans violinist Chris McKhool, who was recently awarded the Dr. Duke Redbird Lifetime Achievement Award by Redbird and JAYU Arts for Human Rights for working to amplify these truths through collaborations, says, “This country has a history that has been ignored, distorted, twisted to suit colonialist goals of destroying a people. We are so fortunate for the opportunity to work with Indigenous artists, sharing their stories, their experiences, and their lives with us, so we can continue our work of learning about the history of residential schools, genocide, and intergenerational impacts of colonization. Music has a special capacity for healing, connecting, and expressing truth.”

McKhool leads the 3x JUNO nominated, 6x CFMA-winning band, who recorded the bed tracks at Jukasa Studios, an Indigenous-owned world-class recording facility on the Six Nations reserve south of Hamilton, Ontario. “We were so fortunate to be able to work at Jukasa, as well as consult with exceptional Indigenous artists on this project,” says McKhool. “We were lucky to be able to work with Indigenous designer Mark Rutledge and Indigenous filmmakers and videographers Eliza Knockwood and Marc Merilainen, working with our usual team, to come up with a look and feel for the album.”

The Honourable Murray Sinclair, former chair of the TRC, said, “The very fact that you’re doing this tells me that you believe in the validity of our language, you believe in the validity of our art and our music, and that you want to help to bring it out. And that’s really what’s important: for people to have faith that we can do this.” Sinclair also spoke about the importance of using Indigenous languages so these do not become lost. The recording and concert features lyrics in Dene, Inuktitut, Sm’algyax, Cree, and Michif.

Sultans of String is a fiercely independent band that has always tried to lift up those around them and has exposed many of their collaborators and special guests to new audiences at their shows, including at JUNOfest, NYC’s legendary Birdland Jazz Club, Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, and London’s Trafalgar Square. Led by Queen’s Diamond Jubilee recipient McKhool, they have collaborated with orchestras across North America and have played live on CBC’s Canada Live, BBC TV, Irish National Radio, and SiriusXM in Washington. They have recorded and performed with such diverse luminaries as Paddy Moloney & The Chieftains, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Richard Bona, Alex Cuba, Ruben Blades, Benoit Bourque, and Béla Fleck. Their work during the pandemic on The Refuge Project amplified the voices of new immigrants and refugees, earning them CFMAs and Best Musical Film at the Cannes World Film Festival.

Says Raven Kanatakta of Digging Roots: “We have to move beyond ally-ship, and we have to move into relationships of being co-conspirators, get down into the dirt and start working together and start moving forward. We’re all equals here, and we all need to communicate as equals. We actually need Canadians to step up and take that first move.”

TRACK LISTING

1. A Beautiful Darkness       feat. Marc Meriläinen / Nadjiwan (Ojibwe) 2. The Rez                              feat. Crystal Shawanda (Ojibwe Potawatomi) 3. Take Off the Crown         feat. Raven Kanatakta of Digging Roots (Anishinaabe Algonquin /Onkwehón:we  Mohawk) 4. Kǫ́                                      feat. Leela Gilday (Dene) & Leanne Taneton (Dene) 5. Nîmihito (Dance)             feat. Northern Cree (Cree) 6. Lost and Found                feat. Shannon Thunderbird & Kate Dickson (Ts’msyen) 7. Black Winged Raven       feat. Shannon Thunderbird (Ts’msyen) 8. Our Mother The Earth    feat. Dr. Duke Redbird (Chippewa/Anishinaabe) 9. Sweet Alberta                    feat. The North Sound (w/ Forrest Eaglespeaker – Blackfoot) 10. Humma                            feat. Kendra Tagoona & Tracy Sarazin (Inuit) 11. Highway of Tears             feat. Don Ross (Mi’kmaw) & M.J. Dandeneau (Métis) 12. Chanson de Riel               feat. Métis Fiddler Quartet (Métis) 13. Tkaronto Reel                   feat. Métis Fiddler Quartet (Métis) 14. Quviasuliqpunga              feat. Kendra Tagoona & Tracy Sarazin (Inuit)

WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE TOUR DATES:

With Leela Gilday, The North Sound, Don Ross, Shannon Thunderbird, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), Duke Redbird, and a multimedia extravaganza including Northern Cree, Kendra Tagoona, Tracy Sarazin, and more.

Sep 28 – Markham                   Flato Markham Theatre Sep 29 – Stratford                    Stratford Symphony Orchestra Sep 30 – St Catharines            Niagara Symphony Orchestra Oct 1 – St Catharines                Niagara Symphony Orchestra Oct 2 – St Catharines               FirstOntario PAC Education show Oct 3 – Brantford                      Brantford Symphony Orchestra Oct 4 – Lindsay                         Flato Academy Theatre

With Shannon Thunderbird, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), and a multimedia extravaganza including Northern Cree, Kendra Tagoona, Tracy Sarazin, Duke Redbird, and more.

Oct 10 – Sudbury                       Café Heritage – Education & Evening show Oct 11 – North Bay                    Capital Centre Oct 12 – Timmins                       Timmins Museum, O’Gorman HS Oct 13 – Geraldton                    Geraldton Concert Series Oct 14 – Thunder Bay                Sleeping Giant Folk Music Society Oct 15 – Dryden                         Dryden Entertainment Series Oct 16 – Sioux Lookout             Sioux Hudson Entertainment Series Oct 17 – Red Lake                      Red Lake Entertainment Series Oct 18 – Kenora                          Lake of the Woods Concert Group Oct 19 – Fort Frances                 Tour de Fort Entertainment Series Oct 22 – Burlington                    Burlington PAC Oct 23 – Burlington                    Burlington PAC Education show Nov 12 – Walkerton                   Victoria Jubilee Hall

Jan 19 – Ottawa                         Centrepointe Theatre (just added!)

Jan 23 – Kingston                      Kingston Grand Theatre – Education & Evening show Jan 25 – Brampton                    Rose Theatre – Education & Evening show Jan 30 – Guelph                         River Run Centre Education show Jan 31 – Guelph                         River Run Centre Education show Feb 1 – Guelph                            River Run Centre – Education & Evening show Mar 2 – Winnipeg                      Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Mar 3 – Winnipeg                      Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra April 15 – Markham                   Flato Markham Theatre – Education Show April 16 – Markham                   Flato Markham Theatre – Education Show

ALL TIX LINKS AT: https://sultansofstring.com/calendar

Here we are rehearsing with the amazing Dr. Duke Redbird!

We would like to acknowledge funding support from non-Indigenous funding streams of the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, and Canada Council for the Arts.

Please click here to learn more, including how we include cultural safeguards in our work on this project: https://igg.me/at/sultansCD

OUR WORLD PREMIERE

Book your front row seats for our World Premiere live show featuring Indigenous artists from across the country at the links below! For Toronto fans, please come to Flato Markham Theatre if you can! It is a fantastic concert hall with the best tech. They are generously giving us the theatre to rehearse in all week with  Leela Gilday, The North Sound, Don Ross, Shannon Thunderbird, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), Duke Redbird, and a multimedia extravaganza including Northern Cree, Kendra Tagoona, Tracey Sarazin, and more! 

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Indigenous Artists and Sultans of String Walking Though the Fire – A Trailblazing Musical Response to the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action

Artist:  Sultans of String Title:  Walking Through the Fire Release date:  September 15, 2023

What do Crystal Shawanda, Leela Gilday, Northern Cree powwow group, a dozen other Indigenous artists, and Roots band Sultans of String have in common? They have all come together in the spirit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action and Final Report which calls for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to work together to create  Walking Through the Fire . This album and live show are a powerful collection of collaborations between the roots group and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists from across Turtle Island, with the CD releasing September 15, 2023, and a live concert tour launching on September 28, leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Fire can be destructive, as we have seen with the unprecedented forest fires still burning in Canada. But what we see right afterward is interesting, as collaborating Indigenous art director Mark Rutledge explains, referencing the title and cover art of  Walking Through the Fire . 

“You’ll see the burnt-out husks of trees and the ash and the charcoal on the landscape. But fireweed is the first plant after a forest fire that emerges, and you’ll see rivers and fields of magenta within the barren landscape, and those nutrients are going back into the soil for the next generation of trees and flowers and regrowth.”

There is fear instilled within the very notion of fire because it can be so destructive, not just to the landscape, but to the lives of people. But what lies beyond fear that holds people back from achieving what they want to achieve? 

“The other side of fear is growth and potential with collaboration between non-Indigenous and Indigenous people,”  Mark continues.  “When we drop the word reconciliation on people, there’s a large group of people who don’t understand what that means. And when you don’t understand something, you are fearful of it. But if we go through the same experience together, we walk through that fire together, and we come out together on the other end and have that unified experience together, that’s the power in this album.”

Together these artists are making a safe, creative space where new connections can be dreamed of – not in the Western way of thinking and problematizing – but instead a deeper sharing and understanding, with music being the common ground to help cultures connect and understand each other. “We are opening doors for each other, as Indigenous peoples, as settler peoples. This project is about creating connections and spaces to learn from each other” explains collaborator Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, violist with Métis Fiddler Quartet.

Nine-time Grammy-nominated Northern Cree and community organizers in Kettle and Stony Point welcomed Sultans of String to their annual powwow for one of these collaborations. Steve Wood, drummer, and singer, explains, 

“When you’re collaborating with mainstream music, it shows that we can work together to bring out the very best in who we are as human beings, and we can bring out something very beautiful.” A central theme running through  Walking Through the Fire  is the need for the whole truth of Residential Schools and the Indigenous experience to be told long before reconciliation can possibly take place. Grammy-nominated Elder and poet Dr. Duke Redbird, who in many ways provided the initial inspiration for this project, explains, 

“The place that we have to start is with truth. Reconciliation will come sometime way in the future, perhaps, but right now, truth is where we need to begin the journey with each other.”

Sultans violinist Chris McKhool, who was recently awarded the  Dr. Duke Redbird Lifetime Achievement Award  by Redbird and  JAYU Arts for Human Rights  for working to amplify these truths through collaborations, says, 

“This country has a history that has been ignored, distorted, twisted to suit colonialist goals of destroying a people. We are so fortunate for the opportunity to work with Indigenous artists, sharing their stories, their experiences, and their lives with us, so we can continue our work of learning about the history of residential schools, genocide, and intergenerational impacts of colonization. Music has a special capacity for healing, connecting, and expressing truth.”

McKhool leads the 3x JUNO nominated, 6x CFMA-winning band, who recorded the bed tracks at Jukasa Studios, an Indigenous-owned world-class recording facility on the Six Nations reserve south of Hamilton, Ontario. “We were so fortunate to be able to work at Jukasa, as well as consult with exceptional Indigenous artists on this project,” says McKhool. “We were lucky to be able to work with Indigenous designer Mark Rutledge and Indigenous filmmakers and videographers Eliza Knockwood and Marc Merilainen, working with our usual team, to come up with a look and feel for the album.”

The Honourable Murray Sinclair, former chair of the TRC, said, 

“The very fact that you’re doing this tells me that you believe in the validity of our language, you believe in the validity of our art and our music, and that you want to help to bring it out. And that’s really what’s important: for people to have faith that we can do this.”   

Sinclair also spoke about the importance of using Indigenous languages so these do not become lost. The recording and concert feature lyrics in Dene, Inuktitut, Sm’algyax, Cree, and Michif.

Sultans of String is a fiercely independent band that has always tried to lift up those around them and has exposed many of their collaborators and special guests to new audiences at their shows, including at JUNOfest, NYC’s legendary Birdland Jazz Club, Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, and London’s Trafalgar Square. Led by Queen’s Diamond Jubilee recipient McKhool, they have collaborated with orchestras across North America and have played live on CBC’s Canada Live, BBC TV, Irish National Radio, and SiriusXM in Washington. They have recorded and performed with such diverse luminaries as Paddy Moloney & The Chieftains, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Richard Bona, Alex Cuba, Ruben Blades, Benoit Bourque, and Béla Fleck. Their work during the pandemic on The Refuge Project amplified the voices of new immigrants and refugees, earning them CFMAs and Best Musical Film at the Cannes World Film Festival.

Says Raven Kanatakta of Digging Roots: 

“We have to move beyond ally-ship, and we have to move into relationships of being co-conspirators, get down into the dirt and start working together and start moving forward. We’re all equals here, and we all need to communicate as equals. We actually need Canadians to step up and take that first move.”

TRACK LISTING

1. A Beautiful Darkness feat. Marc Meriläinen / Nadjiwan (Ojibwe) 2. The Rez feat. Crystal Shawanda (Ojibwe Potawatomi) 3. Take Off the Crown feat. Raven Kanatakta of Digging Roots (Anishinaabe Algonquin /Onkwehón:we  Mohawk) 4. Kǫ́ feat. Leela Gilday (Dene) & Leanne Taneton (Dene) 5. Nîmihito (Dance) feat. Northern Cree (Cree) 6. Lost and Found feat. Shannon Thunderbird & Kate Dickson (Ts’msyen) 7. Black Winged Raven feat. Shannon Thunderbird (Ts’msyen) 8. Our Mother The Earth feat. Dr. Duke Redbird (Chippewa/Anishinaabe) 9. Sweet Alberta feat. The North Sound (w/ Forrest Eaglespeaker – Blackfoot) 10. Humma feat. Kendra Tagoona & Tracy Sarazin (Inuit) 11. Highway of Tears feat. Don Ross (Mi’kmaw) & M.J. Dandeneau (Métis)                                    12. Chanson de Riel feat. Métis Fiddler Quartet (Métis) 13. Tkaronto Reel feat. Métis Fiddler Quartet (Métis) 14. Quviasuliqpunga feat. Kendra Tagoona & Tracy Sarazin (Inuit)

See upcoming shows and get tickets here .

Connect with Sultans of String: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram

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Leela Gilday was born and raised in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She is a singer/songwriter from the Dene Nation. Gilday started singing at an early age, and her performing career began at the Folk on the Rocks Music Festival stage when she was eight years old. She earned a bachelor of music degree in vocal performance at the University of Alberta. Leela now performs across Canada and abroad with her band. Her songwriting reflects her northern roots, explores her identity as a modern Urban Indian, and gives voice to her perspective on love and life.

Her classically trained voice has been described as “soulful and torchy” but at times sounds clear and high, evoking the feel of summers in the land of the midnight sun. Her music has been warmly received by audiences across Canada and the world.

Her album, Spirit World, Solid Wood garnered much recognition, earning her a Juno nomination and three Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2002 for Best Female Artist, Best Songwriter, and Best Folk Album. Gilday’s album and her constant touring have placed her front and centre in the Native music scene: she has appeared on the cover of the nationally-distributed SOCAN magazine, “Music and Words”, earned a place in Maclean’s Magazine “Top 50 under 30” and been featured in numerous national CBC television and radio broadcasts.

She won the 2007 Juno for Aboriginal recording of the Year for Sedzé , her second album. One Drum (2008), a Leela Gilday music video directed by Helen Haig-Brown, won Honorable Mention at the 2009 Fargo film Festival. Her third album, Calling All Warriors (2010), won Aboriginal Recording of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards and the next year that organization named her Aboriginal Female Entertainer of the Year. Heart of the People (2014) was chosen as Aboriginal recording of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards and also received a Juno nomination.

In 2014, Leela Gilday’s alma mater honoured her with a University of Alberta Horizon Award for individuals with significant early career achievements. She lives in and works from Yellowknife. Beyond North America, she has performed in New Zealand, Greenland, Japan, and in 2018, completed an extensive tour in Germany.

Presently she is working on her fifth album about which she has written: “ … since the launch of “Heart of the People” album, I have been searching for a new voice, a new palette, something to take my songs to the next level. With this next record I dive even deeper, plumb greater personal and emotional depths, and explore a new more mature sound with producer Hill Kourkoutis in Toronto. On this record I pay tribute to the Water Protectors, say goodbye to old friends, healing within our families, old love & good love, sounds of the Dene Nation.”

Discography

Spirit World, Solid Wood . (2002) LG 001Diva Sound Records.

Sedzé . (2006) LG 002 Diva Sound Records

Calling All Warriors. (2009) LG 003 Diva Sound Records

Heart of the People. (2014) LG 004 Diva Sound Records

Press – Critical Acclaim

“Every once in a while, one encounters a voice that sends tingles up and down the spine. It’s a combination of qualities – a voice that abandons itself to the song, a serious talent that has been finely honed, and that indefinable thing we call charisma. I’m talking about Leela Gilday”. – Michele Letourneau, NNSL

“No longer do Susan Aglukark or Tom Jackson take home all the awards; the youthful talents of artists such as George Leach and Leela Gilday have replaced them”. – Alan Greyeyes, SAY Magazine

“Leela is a huge new talent whose star shines brightly. Once you’ve heard her sing, you won’t forget her name. The world is waiting”. – Sandy Scofield, award-winning Metis Singer-Songwriter

“Backed by a four-piece band that offers a unique blend of folk, roots, and traditional sounds, Gilday combines insight with humour, and a concern for social justice with a keen awareness of the simple joys of being alive. The passionate, open-voiced Gilday sings about identity, death, love, and life with a soulfulness and honesty that reaches Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal audience members with equal intensity.” KickingHorseCulture

In Her Own Words

Music is the most definitive tool for expression in my life.  It is a gift from the Creator. It has always been a part of our lives and has always occupied a sacred and powerful place in society.  Music enables me to define myself- my identity and my stories, and so what defines my music (to my ears) is that reflection of my identity and all the parts thereof.  I believe that my music is Aboriginal, though I make use of contemporary and popular forms of expression, because I am Aboriginal- my identity as a Dene woman is a central part of my life.  Through music I am able to share my stories- the stories of the Dene, the stories of the north, in hopes that people gain something from those stories.  It is through the arts that humanity is most easily uplifted and will find reasons to address the social and environmental issues we face.  It is my hope that I will be a most positive part of this movement, and that I will be able to continue singing and creating for the rest of my time here.

Contact Information & Links

http://www.leelagilday.com/

Indigenous Music Culture: http://rpm.fm/artist/leela-gilday-2/

http://kickinghorseculture.ca/leela-gilday/

Leela Gilday

JUNO award-winning artist Leela Gilday is a Dene trail breaker.

Confessing her stories to her audiences with a gutsy voice and open stage presence, Gilday weaves her experiences as a northerner, a member of the Dene Nation, and a traveller into a beautiful world that transports the listener.

“Leela was such a brilliant artist…really lit a fire in all our heart. What an honour it was for us to host her”.

If you’re from the North, Leela Gilday’s music is home. If you’ve never been, it will take you there. Born and raised in the Northwest Territories, she writes about the people and the land that created her. The power in her voice conveys the depth of her feelings of love and life in a rugged environment and vibrant culture as if it comes straight from that earth. Leela’s family is from Délįne on the shore of Great Bear Lake and her rich vocals dance across the rhythmic beats of traditional Dene drumming as smoothly as a bass line onstage at the largest venues in the country.

Leela has toured festivals and concert halls with her four-piece band through every province and territory in Canada. She has played in the United States, Greenland, Denmark, New Zealand and Europe. Her live shows are where she connects with fans who have followed her on a 20+ year career and where new fans are born. She reaches into their hearts and feels the energy of every person in front of her as she guides them on a journey through song and experience. She believes music has an inexplicable effect on people. It is a place where she can share light and dark and the most vulnerable moments, with a clarity and genuine purpose that reassures her listeners through every word. She is a storyteller, and through this, reflects the world onto itself.

Five years after her last album was released—five years of growth, healing and head-down work—Leela’s fifth album was released in Spring 2019. It is more raw, intimate and “more Leela” than anything you’ve heard from her before.

Your enjoyment of “North Star Calling” will hinge on your affection for Leela Gilday’s passionate vocals. Each song on the album is a showcase for her strong, commanding voice. The songs in this collection inhabit the spaces between country, pop and rock. Sonic landscapes where singers like Sarah MacLachlan and Jann Arden sell millions of records. Gilday is far from a carbon copy of them though. Her songs take chances.”

“Leela Gilday’s voice comes straight from the heart. It’s the voice of a winner; the song of a warrior. That’s the call of Leela Gilday.”

Fresh, open and with a big, clear voice, she knocked our collective socks off.”

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