5/18/2023 0 Comments Eisfuchs tanya tagaq![]() ![]() Sumach Valentine - is also Tagaq’s first album since an estimated 200 unmarked burials were confirmed near the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School last May. ![]() “Tongues” - produced and co-written by New York slam poet, actor, author and rapper Saul Williams with a heavy assist from San Diego producer and mixer Gonjasufi, a.k.a. It’s her first studio album project since 2016’s “Retribution” - an album whose topics exposed Canada’s ugly underbelly of Indigenous and sexual and environmental abuses, as well as reconciliation. Many may not be wired as intensely as Tagaq, who released her fifth album, “Tongues,” on Jan. I often feel it’s too hot and I’m uncomfortable. ![]() The summer times are sometimes difficult for me. “We went out on that day it was supposed to be cold and I couldn’t keep my kid’s jacket on - she was overheating. “I’m so happy because there’s snow!” the throat-singing composer, author, activist and member of the Order of Canada beamed over Zoom. While many are mumbling about the record snowfall that brought Toronto to a standstill on Monday, Tagaq, 46, is in radiant spirits due to the combo of cold and flurries that are probably reminding her of home of Ikaluktutiak, Nunavut. ![]()
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