A special concert sponsored by the Amherst College, Department of Music; with Jean Martin (percussion) and Jesse Zubot (violin). The group will give a pre-concert presentation and Tanya will lead a discussion / workshop on March 7th.
“Calling Tanya Tagaq an Inuit throat singer is like calling Yo-Yo Ma a cello player. Sure, it’s accurate, but it’s not the whole of what he does. Like Ma, Tagaq is the best of what she does – innovative, inspired.” The National Post, Canada
This world-première grouping assembles three of Canada's most
provocative creative musicians with backgrounds in varied and
complementary styles and traditions.… Uqalimakkanirit
Apostle
of Hustle mixes indie rock with dense, Cuban rhythms. Tanya Tagaq mixes
it up with only her voice, improvising Inuit throat singing and breathy
sighs. Together, Tanya and Apostle of Hustle create a new kind of
North-meets-South sound, where rhythm rules and cultures fuse, not
clash.
What We Eat: Inuit jazz throat-singer Tanya Tagaq, and Cannes-winning filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, talk back to Brigitte Bardot and anti-sealhunting lobby on the eternal reality of hunting.
Selected for Sundance, Toronto International Film Festival, Best Short, imagineNATIVE Film Fest 2009.
