The Canadian Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq makes music that seems to cleanse the body. The form that she practices uses guttural sounds and breaths to produce a physical performance of groans, gasps ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Inuktitut was my first language, but I’m slowly losing it since I don’t really have that opportunity to practice my culture as ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. In the remote Inuit community of Kuujjuaq in northern Quebec, Janice Parsons and Sandy Emudluk lock arms and ...

For Shina Nova and her mom, Caroline Novalinga, singing together isn't just a hobby; it's an important part of their Indigenous culture. Since April, Shina, who is Inuk, has used her platform on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shina Nova and her mom, Caroline Novalinga (Courtesy photo) MONTREAL — When 22-year-old Shina Novalinga (Inuk) and her mother sing ...

Indigenous artists continued to break new ground at the 55th Juno Awards, held in Hamilton on March 29. The Juno Honouring Ceremony, presented the day before, featured a performance by Cree ...

When Tanya Tagaq received a cassette from her mum to ease her homesickness, she rediscovered a suppressed Inuit tradition, made it her own, and caught a global star’s attention. Show more Tanya Tagaq ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janice Parsons and Sandy Emudluk. While throat singing was traditionally a women’s activity, Sandy caught on quickly and they ...

This is part of Global Sounds, a collection of stories spotlighting the music trends forging connections in 2024. “Inuktitut was my first language, but I’m slowly losing it since I don’t really have ...

Tanya Tagaq was born and raised in the remote Arctic community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. In the 1950s, her mother and other Inuit families were forcibly relocated by the Canadian government to the ...