Both muse and standard bearer of a memory to be preserved, the Inuit singer Elisapie is currently on tour in France, to spread the good word about her latest record, “Inuktitut”, released in September 2023. Since her debut there at twenty years old, the one who…
Both muse and standard bearer of a memory to be preserved, the Inuit singer Elisapie is currently on tour in France, to spread the good word about her latest record, “Inuktitut”, released in September 2023. Since her debut there At twenty years old, the woman who has established herself as a formidable voice for Canada’s marginalized communities continues to defend her heritage, and the possibility of bringing it into dialogue with the modern world. To understand the Elisapie phenomenon, we must understand the cultural and political issues that have been affecting Canada in recent years.
The history of Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries was partly shaped by a sometimes violent desire to erase indigenous cultures. War crimes, confinements, confinements, bans on teaching the language: many mistakes were committed in the name of the unity of the Canadian Nation, then under construction. The large number of indigenous populations are barely recovering today from the misery into which these dark decades plunged them. A recent political will seems to want to initiate a form of reconciliation and first measures, positive discrimination for example, have been taken to allow peaceful integration of individuals from these peoples, into the societies of large Canadian cities.
Elisapie is an example of this new emergence. After studying communications and journalism in Montreal, she encountered a musical world that would open the way to her talent, and with it her music, her world, and her language. Because one of Elisapie’s specialties, in addition to original compositions, is to cover hits of Anglo-Saxon music (Pink Floyd, Queen, Metallica) and translate them into her mother tongue. A crossbreeding that sounds like a symbol, and makes it a phenomenon that crosses, soothes and sublimates the wounds of the past.
Elisapie is in concert at the Cuvier d’Artigues-près-Bordeaux this Saturday, April 13 at 8:30 p.m. Full price: 12 euros. Reservations: lerocherdepalmer.fr
2024-04-11 16:41:47
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