Tanya Tagaq, moers festival 2012, photo by michael hoefner
Tanya Tagaq CM (born Tanya Tagaq Gillis, May 5, 1975), also credited as Tagaq, is a Canadian Inuk throat singer from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq), Nunavut, Canada, on the south coast of Victoria Island.
Tagaq was a popular performer at Canadian folk festivals, such as Folk on the Rocks in 2005, and first became widely known both in Canada and internationally for her collaborations with Björk, including concert tours and the 2004 album Medúlla. She has also performed with the Kronos Quartet and Shooglenifty and has been featured on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
In 2005, her CD entitled Sinaa (Inuktitut for “edge”) was nominated for five awards at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. At the ceremony on October 25, 2005, the CD won awards for Best Producer/Engineer, Best Album Design and Tagaq herself won the Best Female Artist award. Sinaa was nominated for the 2006 Juno Awards as the Best Aboriginal Recording.
Discography:
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Sinaa |
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Auk/Blood (ᐊᐅᒃ) |
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Animism |
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Retribution |
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Toothsayer |
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Some things to share:
At the age of 15, after attending school in Cambridge Bay, Tagaq went to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to attend Sir John Franklin High School where she first began to practice throat singing. She later studied visual arts at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and while there developed her own solo form of Inuit throat singing, which is normally done by two women. Her decision to go solo was a pragmatic one: she did not have a singing partner.
In 2016, Tagaq was named one of the 16 Indigenous movers and shakers to watch in 2016, for her work as an activist, especially related to fighting systemic racism, work on drawing attention to the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and for her support of Indigenous cultural preservation such as seal hunting.
Official Website: here
Source: wikipedia
Tao Talk 
she is inspiring! I hadnt ever heard of her! X
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She has youtubes where you can hear that throat singing better. A very powerful and political musician.
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Yes! I love Tanya Tagaq.
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Liam I first heard her on one of your playlists 🙂
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Well, if I’ve introduced one person to Tanya Tagaq, then I’ve done well.
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I love her and her collaboration with Buffy Sainte-Marie 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zb0WTSLsY
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Great tune, Dale! Adding Buffy to my lineup for next year!
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She is such a pioneer!
Glad you enjoyed 🙂
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I had to look up throat singing… that is really cool. She sounds ominous in this one and it fits it so well.
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I picked that one because of the animation and also because Native females have had their children taken away for long enough. Lots of other cool songs out there on youtube also.
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I loved the wolf and the teeth… I’ll look around Lisa.
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Nice to see your March feature on female artists is back. Like Max, I had no idea either what throat singing is. While I can’t say this tune is love at first sight, it does sound pretty unusual and as such is intriguing!
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Christian, thanks for giving it a chance! I think you’re going to like tomorrow’s artist also.
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I well recall your feature from last year. I think it’s a great idea and look forward to your picks!
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Thank you, Christian. This is my third year doing it. If you have any requests, I will add them to next year’s lineup (if they haven’t already been covered.)
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Great video. And yes, Buffy. (K)
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