Silla + Rise
Silla + Rise are a Canadian musical group based in Ottawa, whose album Debut was a Juno Award nominee for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017.[1][2]
The group, consisting of vocalists Cynthia Pitsiulak and Charlotte Qamaniq and DJ Eric "Rise Ashen" Vani, blends traditional Inuit throat singing with electronic dance music.[3] According to the group, the two seemingly divergent music styles have much in common, including how both involve some form of a battle between performers—i.e., whoever laughs first in throat singing loses.[4] Pitsiulak is originally from Kimmirut and Qamaniq is originally from Igloolik.[3] Pitsiulak and Qamaniq have been performing throat singing since 2005.[5]
In 2018 the three performed at the imagineNATIVE festival[6] and in 2019 at Riddu Riđđu.[7] In 2021 they performed on FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Northern acts Quantum Tangle, Silla + Rise nominated for Juno award". CBC North, February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Indigenous Music Album of the Year 2017". Juno Awards website.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Nunavummiut nominated for Junos". Northern News Services, February 20, 2017.
- ^ "Juno nominee Rise Ashen: It's super exciting". Gazette. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ CBC News Ottawa (2017-04-21), Silla and Rise Interview, retrieved 2018-08-15
- ^ "10 can't-miss concerts happening in Toronto in fall 2018". NOW Toronto, Richard Trapunski, September 19, 2018
- ^ Silla and Rise
- ^ "FreeUp!: This Sunday, join artists across Canada to celebrate Emancipation Day 2021". CBC Arts, July 27, 2021.
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