Traditional and contemporary music is a vibrant part of Inuit society. Inuit visual artists often portray traditional drummers, singers, and dancers in their works, highlighting the ways such ...
Alaska ensemble Pamyua will showcase Inuit culture through modern performance for one night only in Whitefish on Oct. 27. Described as “Inuit soul music,” Pamyua was formed by brothers Phillip and ...
Tanya Tagaq's new album, Auk/Blood, is a portrait of a primeval past that is also quite futuristic. Animalistic grunts and howls mix with beatboxing and sensual gasps, the chorus of which emanates ...
While some Inuit musicians push the boundaries of old and new styles, others reclaim and reinvigorate original Inuit sounds. In this third post of the Arctic Museum’s Inuit Music series, we’ll take a ...
For more than a decade, Beatrice Deer has mixed traditional Inuit throat singing and indie-rock in a style that she cleverly calls "Inuindie." Half-Inuk and half-Mohawk, her voice is slinky and raw, ...
Fraser first gained prominence in 2013, with a cover of Rihanna’s “Diamonds” sung in Inuktitut, an Inuit language. The video now has more than 400,000 views. Two years later, after performing in ...