ᑕᐅᑐᕋᓐᓈᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ: ᐳᕆᓐᑕ ᒪᐋᓐᑖᓐᓇ, ᓯᐊᕋ ᐊᔾᓇᐊᒃ, ᐃᐅᕙ 5, ᒪᓕᓴ ᓚᕕᐅᓪ, ᔨᓐᓯᕋᖅ X ᐆᒻᒪᑎᑦ Brenda Montana, Sara Ajnnak, Alpha 5, Mélissa Laveaux, Jenseeraq X Uummatit
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ᑕᐅᑐᕋᓐᓈᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ: ᐳᕆᓐᑕ ᒪᐋᓐᑖᓐᓇ, ᓯᐊᕋ ᐊᔾᓇᐊᒃ, ᐃᐅᕙ 5, ᒪᓕᓴ ᓚᕕᐅᓪ, ᔨᓐᓯᕋᖅ X ᐆᒻᒪᑎᑦ Brenda Montana, Sara Ajnnak, Alpha 5, Mélissa Laveaux, Jenseeraq X Uummatit 〰️
ALIANAIT ARTS FESTIVAL
1 July
7:00 PM Nakasuk School Gym
Online: Through the Alianait Facebook page and YouTube channel
BRENDA MONTANA
(Rankin Inlet)
Brenda Montana is an amazing emerging artist coming out of Rankin Inlet, she worked with Juno Award winning William Prince several years ago, and since then has become a tictoc sensation. Her bright sound focuses on themes of optimism, resilience, and support. She is currently working on her debut EP, scheduled for release in this year.
SARA AJNNAK
(Sápmi)
Grammy-nominated artist Sara Ajnnak from Sápmi (Sweden) creates something very personal, the traditional yoik mixed with oriental strings, electronic influences in a contemporary and updated soundscape of the north. Her strength as a performer is the way in which she communicates emotions through her voice. Concerts are described as a journey through time and space. Sara Ajnnak takes a hold of feelings with a wide range of different sounds and moods. Sara writes her lyrics in Ume Sami language which is one of the endangered Sami languages. Step by step has Sara regained her language, at the debut album Suojggat she use her traditional language officially for the first time.
ALPHA 5
(Naujaat)
Alpha5 hit the scene in 2019 with a double win at the Qilaut songwriting competition, in 2022 they followed up with an additional hit single. They are based in Naujaat and comprise of (Dave Kaunak, Craig Nanordluk, Troy Alakkanuaq, Albert Amautinuar, Joshua Nanorak). They write and record original songs and their appearance on the Alianait stage has been awaited since 2020.
MÉLISSA LAVEAUX
(Montréal, Quebec)
After the releasing the exquisite Radyo Siwèl in 2018, Mélissa Laveaux has returned with a fourth studio album: Mama Forgot Her Name Was Miracle: a spiritual, poetic and highly emancipatory disc. If the rituals and models we have inherited are sometimes lacking, outdated, or perhaps even evolving backwards, we are free to innovate, to defect! In her most recent album, Mama Forgot Her Name Was Miracle, Mélissa Laveaux rewilds the lullaby by summoning powerful voices from the ether, from Audre Lorde to the Goddess Lilith, to create a very novel pantheon of mythologies.
JENSEERAQ X UUMMATIT
(Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat)
Jenseeraq X Uummatit hails from Greenland’s capital city, Nuuk. They were formed few months before Covid-19 pandemic, in 2019. The band consists of singer and songwriter Jenseeraq Olsen, who has released 3 solo albums and 2 albums with the band Uummat, as well as winning two Koda awards; “2011 Talent Award” and “2012 Artist of the Year”. Other members include Miki Fleischer, Guitarist Qillaq Johansen, Bass player Malik Andersen. They released a self-titled album called Jenseeraq X Uummatit. This album consists of more advanced arrangement of songs that the band has been working on together. Jenseeraq X Uummatit plays rock and pop rock influenced music but have their own flair to it. Playing at the Alianait Arts Festival will be Jenseeraq X Uummatit’s first travel and first performance outside of Greenland.