Tundra Songs

Publisher's description (Centrediscs, 2015): Always at the forefront, seeking the new and pushing the boundaries of the traditional string quartet to its limits, it is no surprise the Kronos Quartet sought out Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq for another extraordinary collaboration with JUNO Award-winning composer Derek Charke. Harrington describes throat singers as sounding as though they have a “string in their body.” Tagaq’s guttural, highly intimate, primal sounds date back to her ancestors. She has turned these sounds into an art form that has kept audiences all over the world enthralled.

Resource format: Music

Age recommendation: University

Keywords: traditions, music, Inuit throatsinging, songs, games

Year of publication: 2015

Publisher information: Centrediscs