Though singer-songwriter Kristan Leontiou was already an established musician in the U.K., he was unsatisfied with his public image. In a swift and surprising move, he walked away from success to ...

Their first album garnered them international attention and a spot opening for Tori Amos, and that was just One Eskimo's music. They also funded their own music video, featuring themselves as animated ...

In the Inuit language, tusarnitut means “sounds that please the ear.” It’s a fitting title for a new exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts focused on the power of songs and music in Inuit art ...

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 ...

While some Inuit musicians push the boundaries of old and new styles, others reclaim and reinvigorate original Inuit sounds. In this third post of the Arctic Museum’s Inuit Music series, we’ll take a ...

Traditional and contemporary music is a vibrant part of Inuit society. Inuit visual artists often portray traditional drummers, singers, and dancers in their works, highlighting the ways such ...

Phillip Blanchett didn’t really sing in front of others as a kid. He had allergies, and breathing was difficult. He remembers doing a solo at his church once and, well, “I try not to say that it was ...

Review of One Eskimo's album 'All Balloons' released through Little Polar Records. The debut album from One Eskimo (Little Polar Records) boasts pockets of quality from the opener 'Hometime' to the ...

After 45 years of myth, mystery, and anticipation, The Residents will take their landmark 1979 album Eskimo on the road for the very first time. Launching January 8th in Vancouver, BC, the “Eskimo ...

IN 1888 Franz Boas published nineteen melodies of the central Eskimo in his well-known work on this people. In 1899 and 1900 R. Stein obtained thirty-nine songs from the Eskimo of Smith Sound, on the ...

As the Residents got to work on their 1979 album “Eskimo,” the band turned its attention to the farthest reaches of the North, says Homer Flynn, a spokesman for the always anonymous members of the Bay ...