Elmnt FM’s Shawn Allen had a chance to chat with Inuk throat singer Qattuu before her set at the second annual Minoshkite Music & Arts Festival. They talked about the difference between throat singing solo and throat singing with a partner, how motherhood has influenced her music, what to expect from her set at Minoshkite, […]
The second annual Minoshkite (Mee-No-Shkeet) Indigenous Music & Arts Festival kicks off at The Bronson Centre Music Theatre in Ottawa on October 3rd, 2024. This year’s festival features three-time Juno Award winner Tom Wilson (TEHOHÀHAKE TRIO), 2024 Ontario Folk Music Awards Performing Artist of the Year nominee Mimi O’Bonsawin, Inuk throat singer Qattuu, and Cree […]
The 2023 Juno Award nominees have been announced, and a number of Indigenous artists are being recognized for their accomplishments over the past year. OMBIIGIZI, a collaboration between Anishinaabe artists Zoon (Daniel Monkman) and Status/Non-Status (Adam Sturgeon) is nominated for Alternative Album of the Year for their debut album Sewn Back Together. Likewise, Inuk throat […]
22-year-old Savanna Pikuyak, an Inuk woman from Nunavut, was pronounced dead on Sunday at her home near Algonquin College in Ottawa. First responders responded to a 911 call just after 10 am, but she was dead by the time they arrived. 33-year-old Nikolas Ibey has already turned himself in to Ottawa Police. According to sources […]
Inuk writer, Norma Dunning won the 2021 Governor General’s Literary Award for her short story collection, Tainna: The Unseen Ones. Tainna is a collection of six stories that focus on an Inuk living in modern times in southern Canada. The stories contrast in themes, with homelessness and wealth, youth and elderly experiences and the living and the dead. […]
We dug deep into the archives of Inuk hip-hop artist Hyper T with a song released just under a year ago called “Ikpigijatti”. The song composes of soft drums, guitars, and Inuit-rap lyrics which together create a head-bopper that might just get you—in your feelings. Hyper T looks to continue building the Inuit hip-hop movement […]