Élisapie Instagram – Breathing new life into notable pop and rock classics, Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year winner @elisapie beautifully translates ten iconic songs from the 1960s to 1990s into her mother tongue, the thousand-year-old Inuit language, Inuktitut.
The record is more than a collection of covers, ‘Inuktitut’ is described by Elisapie as an emotional autobiography with each song representing a deeply personal memory or story from her youth. On Inuktitut, Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California” transforms into a tribute to her uncle during the residential school era while “Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time)” is associated with memories of her aunt Alasie and cousin Susie.
Learn more about Elisapie and her album ‘Inuktitut’: https://junoawards.ca/blog/reclaiming-memories-through-music-revisiting-elisapies-inuktitut/
Read more about Indigenous voices on #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay: https://junoawards.ca/blog/indigenous-voices/ | Posted on 21/Jun/2024 20:02:07
