Elisapie
Stave Sessions
Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie’s music will get your attention. It will sound familiar, with her lovely, soulful, voice that slides effortlessly from folk to rock and back again. But listen closer. You know the tune—it’s “Time After Time” or “Heart of Glass”—but you don’t know the words: she’s singing in Inuktitut, an Inuit language. She has transformed a pop culture touchstone into a heartfelt moment of beauty; you can hear the nostalgia, the melancholy. Elisapie reinvents iconic pop and rock songs, beautifully and with intention, to connect to her memories of growing up in Nunavik among the people, places, and language she can never forget.
“Elisapie is—and has always been—an artist with deep intention and purpose and a love for her mother tongue.”
ELLE Canada
“Elisapie has a voice that has such soulful warmth and it works wonders on these atmospheric songs.”
The Gazette (Montreal)
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Stave Sessions is generously supported by
Susan & Michael Thonis.
This performance is made possible in part by support from Celebrity Series' Amy & Joshua Boger Innovation Fund.
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