Inuk singer Elisapie developed her love of music in a place that you’ve likely never heard of before. The Juno Award–winning musician was born and raised in Salluit, a small village in Nunavik (Quebec ...

Just like the songs on Inuktitut, “Quviasukkuvit (If It Makes You Happy)” is inspired by one of Elisapie’s childhood memories: “An image that always comes to mind, no matter where I travel or live, is ...

The start to what Inuk musician Elisapie calls a “healing journey” began as many complicated, cathartic experiences do, with Swedish pop music. “I’m jogging to ABBA’s Super Trouper, and all of a ...

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 ...

Congratulations to Elisapie and Dominique Fils Aimé for their nominations for this year's JUNO Awards. Elisapie is nominated for Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year as well as Album ...

We live in a world with many barriers: language, misunderstandings and a lack of diverse representation can keep people from connecting. Singer-songwriter, director and Inuk activist Elisapie Isaac is ...

Among a vast crowd of talented musicians from the North, Salluit-born, Montreal-based singer Elisapie has distinguished herself as one of the most prolific. In the early 90s, when she was 12, she was ...

Elisapie, a Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter, plumbs new sadness in one of Metallica‘s biggest, most emotional hits on her recording, “Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven).” Where the metal band ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elisapie released an Inuktitut version of Heart of Glass this month. (Christina Fera - image credit) It turns out "heart of glass" ...

Every year at the tail-end of summer, a little bit of magic happens in Rouyn-Noranda, QC. Festival de Musique Émergente (FME) returns for it... Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Jeremy Dutcher, ...

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