Samantha Peoyuq Kigutaq is 12 years old and Cailyn Nanauq DeGrandpre just 11, but they are breathing life into a centuries-old Inuit throat-singing technique known as katajjaq. Manipulating their ...
“Inuktitut was my first language, but I’m slowly losing it since I don’t really have that opportunity to practice my culture as much as if I lived up north,” she recently said in a TikTok video. “That ...
Oktoecho invites the public to immerse in Inuit culture, with their concert Saimaniq, which means Peace in Inuktitut, at the Théâtre Outremont on October 29th at 8pm. This concert is an original ...
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 ...
Shina Novalinga is one of a handful of singers from her Indigenous tribe shifting the social media spotlight to Inuit throat singers in Canada. Each song has a different meaning that imitates the ...
The sounds that come from Tanya Tagaq are unlike just about anything you have heard. They can sound rhythmic and guttural, like animal calls or a wind blowing across the tundra. “Don’t come unless you ...
Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...
Tanya Tagaq looks as if she’s having an out-of-body experience onstage. Her voice flickers like a sonic candle, rising and fading with the music. It becomes guttural as Tagaq drops to her knees, and ...
Tanya Tagaq's music isn't for everyone, but that's not the point. Tagaq is an Inuit throat singer, keeper of an ancient art form, who has brought the traditional sound screeching onto the ...
Inuk throat singer Shina Novalinga captured audiences last year when she posted a video of her and her mom throat singing on TikTok. Shina Novalinga Uses Social Media To Preserve, Celebrate Inuit ...