Meaford Hall Arts & Cultural Centre will present Diyet & The Love Soldiers, an evocative musical trio whose sound blends alternative country, folk, roots, and traditional music, creating melodies and stories deeply rooted in Diyet’s Indigenous worldview and northern life.
Born in a tent and raised in a cabin on the shores of a glacial lake in the Kluane region of Canada’s Yukon Territory, Diyet embodies a rich cultural heritage that includes Southern Tutchone, Japanese, Tlingit, and Scottish roots. Her music reflects this diversity, weaving together lived experience, cultural memory, and contemporary storytelling. Diyet sings in both English and her traditional language, Southern Tutchone, while anchoring the band on bass.
She is joined by The Love Soldiers, husband and longtime collaborator Robert van Lieshout (acoustic guitar, drums, and percussion) and Juno Award-winning producer Bob Hamilton (electric guitar, pedal steel, and mandolin). Together, this multi-instrumental trio delivers a dynamic performance equally at home on a large stage or in an intimate listening room.
Over the past decade, Diyet has performed at major folk, jazz, world, and multidisciplinary festivals and theatres across Canada, and has toured extensively throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, and the Circumpolar North. Most recently, Diyet & The Love Soldiers performed at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, further cementing their international reputation.
Their newest music expands across the breadth of Canadiana, with a strong focus on lyrical storytelling that carries listeners through land, time, and lived experience. Each song is grounded in Diyet’s life in Kluane and her journey as an Indigenous woman walking in two worlds. Inspired by vast northern landscapes and intersecting realities, her songs explore themes of wildness, truth, hope, reconciliation, history, and community.
This performance is part of Meaford Hall’s ongoing commitment to presenting powerful Canadian voices and meaningful cultural experiences.
The performance will take place on Saturday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m.
For tickets and full event details, visit meafordhall.ca, contact the box office at 1-877-538-0463, or visit in person at 12 Nelson Street East, Meaford.
Box Office Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and until showtime on performance days.
