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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pamyua is the Inuit soul music group from Alaska wow-ing audiences worldwide. Pamyua (bum-yo-ah) is a musical group that has gained worldwide recognition. Founded by Inuit Yup'ik African American ...

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 ...

Tanya Tagaq stands alone on a stage, a small red rug beneath her bare feet. She gently rubs her belly, as if coaxing up the air she will soon need to push out a parade of spirit voices: some pitiful, ...

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, ...

As a full-time member of Tomahawk — with vocalist Mike Patton, drummer John Stanier of Battles and bassist Trevor Dunn of Patton’s other band, Mr. Bungle — guitarist Duane Denison has seen the tides ...

March at The Capitol Theatre shines a light on two distinct contemporary art forms and their deep roots in the cultures they represent. Step Afrika! represents the African American community through ...