Tanya Tagaq Live at Womad 2010

Tanya is performing here with Jesse Zubot and Jean Martin

Head Dress by Thierry Alexandre (www.thierryalexandre.com)

Tanya Tagaq is a compelling artist whose electrifying throat-singing acts as a sonic gateway into the primal essense of humanity. It is the contradiction of ancient and modern elements in her work that creates a depth and richness few solo vocalists can hope to achieve. — CBC Roots and Wings

"Among [David] Harrington's current faves is an Inuit singer named Tanya Tagaq, whom he called the 'Jimi Hendrix of throat singers.' The sobriquet seemed well-earned—her rhythmically hard-driving vocal explosions, by turns guttural and ethereal, did boast that kind of exuberant virtuosity." — San Francisco Chronicle

Tanya Tagaq has created a major buzz in the alternative music scene with her experimentation of traditional Inuit throat singing. Like Diamanda Galas, she is one of those rare artists whose style is truly groundbreaking and can only be described as other-worldly and primal. As she navigates through a range of ecstatic groans, grunts and wails, you hear the sounds of birds, sea life, the wind, the cycles of life and death and the violence of the barren, frigid Arctic landscape that is home to the Inuit people yet her style has also been described as both "orchestral" and "hip-hop-infused." Tagaqs unique voice has attracted the attention of some of the worlds most groundbreaking musicians, including Björk, who invited her to participate on her CD entitled Medúlla and the soundtrack to the Matthew Barney film Drawing Restraint, and the Bay Areas Kronos Quartet with whom she performed at Carnegie Hall.

www.tanyatagaq.com
http://www.myspace.com/tagaq

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• contemporary
• inuit
• throat
• singing

[rigelmajor]

Some new creation is occuring on the planet. Are you awake. Do you hear its sound.

[thedelta72]

Awesomeness. 

[brunivac]

genijalno



[sashikoket]

@Stereotuna That... Is awesome!

[sashikoket]

@rubynewbery Don't be dumb...

[lewisturner2011]

WTF

[rubynewbery]

....What utter SHIT!

[Stereotuna]

I met her that night, our conversation went something like this:

"Tanya, your set was incredible!"

"Thank you so much!"

"I'm surprised you can still talk after that.."

"Are you kidding?! I'm a fucking polar bear. Do you know where we can get some weed??"

What a woman.

[Lillita666]

I don't know what she's plugged into, but it's primal, beautiful, haunting, and I wish I could share the experience, rather than just watch, amazed.

[aniselle]

I saw her live and left with tears flowing, tears of joy and ...i don't know, it was transcendental! I felt new, cleansed, like a baby born from the moss. She is mezmerizing and so pure.

[zenazhorseman]

Wow,