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PIQSIQ // Francis Baptiste : Hosted by Suzette Amaya

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(Friday) 7:00 pm T - 8:00 pm T View in my time
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The Talking Stick Festival and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival are proud to present PIQSIQ, Francis Baptiste and Suzette Amaya. Recorded at the Historic Theatre
Event Details
The Talking Stick Festival and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival are proud to present PIQSIQ, Francis Baptiste and Suzette Amaya.
Recorded at the Historic Theatre at the Cultch, Inuit-style throat singing sisters Tiffany Kuliktana Ayalik and Kayley Inuksuk Mackay, the duo PIQSIQ, perform ancient traditional songs along with those that take inspiration from the modern world around them. It’s a singular singing style born of a hard-won skill perpetually galvanized by the winter darkness and haunting northern beauty of Nunavut and their Yellowknife home, blended with their love of haunting melodies and otherworldly sounds. PIQSIQ performances, in alignment with throat singing’s original and spontaneous form, are truly enthralling and unique to every show. Opening the concert is Syilx/Okanagan singer-songwriter Francis Baptiste. Currently working on his debut solo album, Francis incorporates his language, N̓syilxčn̓ – currently spoken fluently by only 150 people – into his songwriting. Radio host, producer, speaker and role model, Suzette Amaya is the evening’s MC.
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PIQSIQ
PIQSIQ
[Inuit]
With a style perpetually galvanized by darkness and haunting northern beauty, sisters, Tiffany Kuliktana Ayalik and Kayley Inuksuk Mackay, come together to create Inuit style throat singing duo, PIQSIQ. Performing ancient traditional songs and eerie new compositions, they leave their listeners enthralled with the infinity of possible answers to the question “what is the meaning of life.”
With roots in Nunavut’s Kitikmeot and Kivalliq Regions, the sisters grew up in Yellowknife, NWT, where endless sunlight shines for two short summer months and deep, wintery darkness consumes the rest of the year. These environmental extremes had a huge impact on Tiffany and Kayley’s overall aesthetic and the pair have always engrossed themselves in creating soundtracks to life that reflect this natural phenomenon.[Inuit]