PAMYUAFriday, MAY 128 pm • Spaulding Auditorium Reindeer Herding Song, Pamyua
Kaaka-Gguq Cauyalriitqaa, Pamyua
Post-performance discussion with Pamyua, Spaulding Auditorium Click to download PROGRAM NOTES A new world sound was created when Pamyua's two founders—Phillip and Stephen Blanchett, brothers of African-American and Eskimo descent—mixed gospel, R&B and funk with northern indigenous music. Joined by Yup'ik drummer/dancer/singer Ossie Kairaiuak and Greenlandic Inuit singer Karina Moeller, the quartet delivers totally original music with sublime a cappella harmonies, tribal groove rhythms and refreshing sense of humor that soar beyond geographic and ethnic boundaries. Called “a daring blend of black and Yup'ik traditions” (Alaska Magazine), Pamyua has taken flight from Alaska's southwest coast to international engagements in Europe, Asia, Canada and the U.S. Winner of the 2003 Native American Music Awards Record of the Year, Pamyua has been named by Anchorage Daily News one of the 10 greatest Alaska artists of the millennium. Presented in conjunction with the Native Americans at Dartmouth's 34th Annual Pow Wow. |
 “Pamyua...is making a habit of stealing the show at high visibility events...one of the biggest acts in Alaska.”
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