Inuk singer Elisapie developed her love of music in a place that you’ve likely never heard of before. The Juno Award–winning musician was born and raised in Salluit, a small village in Nunavik (Quebec ...

Just like the songs on Inuktitut, “Quviasukkuvit (If It Makes You Happy)” is inspired by one of Elisapie’s childhood memories: “An image that always comes to mind, no matter where I travel or live, is ...

Among a vast crowd of talented musicians from the North, Salluit-born, Montreal-based singer Elisapie has distinguished herself as one of the most prolific. In the early 90s, when she was 12, she was ...

The start to what Inuk musician Elisapie calls a “healing journey” began as many complicated, cathartic experiences do, with Swedish pop music. “I’m jogging to ABBA’s Super Trouper, and all of a ...

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 ...

Ahead of the Friday (9/15) release of her new record Inuktitut via Bonsound, Elisapie has shared “Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free)”, a gripping Queen cover translated into her native language. Like ...

Elisapie, a Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter, plumbs new sadness in one of Metallica‘s biggest, most emotional hits on her recording, “Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven).” Where the metal band ...

The award-winning musician opens up about her creative process, her love of performance and her past—which continues to inspire her future. The last time I saw Elisapie was onstage recently in Toronto ...

Is there a song in your life that immediately conjures up memories? For the artist Elisapie, there are 10 of these songs — and she's included them all on her new album, Inuktitut. While the project ...

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. Juno-Award winning singer Elisapie hails from Salluit, in northern Quebec, where she was born in ...

At the northern tip of Quebec, tucked in a valley and hugging the ocean, is the Inuit community of Salluit where the singer-songwriter Elisapie grew up. At age 19, she left to settle in Montreal — a ...