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Buen Clima and Tanya Tagaq at the Red Bull Music Academy in Montreal, September 24 to October 28, 2016 // Dan Wilton / Red Bull Content Pool  // P-20161001-01597 // Usage for editorial use only // Please go to www.redbullcontentpool.com for further information. //

Tanya Tagaq wows crowd at Red Bull Music Academy

A shoeless Tanya Tagaq appeared from backstage and the crowd paused in anticipation as she approached the microphone. She greeted audience members in a high-pitched, soft voice, then turned and asked the band, “Are you ready?” The second the rhythm […]

Nanook of the future

Nanook of the future

Tanya Tagaq sold out two nights at Montreal’s Place des Arts, and both shows ended with standing ovations. However difficult Tagaq’s music may be for some listeners, she is loved by others. Cambridge Bay’s Tagaq and her band were in […]

The ballet of reconciliation

The ballet of reconciliation

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is currently touring Going Home Star, a new production that finds its subject matter in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This intriguing blend of European art form and Aboriginal narrative is the first of its kind […]

“of the North” – Quebec filmmaker uses YouTube and unauthorized music to portray the Inuit

“of the North” – Quebec filmmaker uses YouTube and unauthorized music to portray the Inuit

“Everything you need to know is in the first scene he picked, the scene with the nude Inuit girl sitting on the white man’s leg,” said an angry viewer as she left a theatre at the Université du Québec à […]