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A warning: The following piece includes references to suicide. When Elisapie thinks of her hometown of Salluit, she can almost hear the breeze. "It's like you can always be purified," she says. "You ...

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 ...

Phillip Blanchett didn’t really sing in front of others as a kid. He had allergies, and breathing was difficult. He remembers doing a solo at his church once and, well, “I try not to say that it was ...

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 ...

In the Inuit language, tusarnitut means “sounds that please the ear.” It’s a fitting title for a new exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts focused on the power of songs and music in Inuit art ...

PUTNEY — The Inuit music and dance group Pamyua will take the stage at Next Stage Arts for a special performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Founded in 1995 by brothers Phillip and Stephen Blanchett, Pamyua ...

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 ...

For somebody known as one of the pioneers of the first Inuit rock band The Harpoons, you wouldn't think William Tagoona got his start with the band at the age of 13, jamming to "white people music." ...

Phillip Blanchett didn’t really sing in front of others as a kid. He had allergies, and breathing was difficult. He remembers doing a solo at his church once and, well, “I try not to say that it was ...