The Globe and Mail – “I can’t write by a fireplace,” says Inuit singer Elisapie Isaac. “I need a window. I need to feel connected to something, to see the sky or whatever. I think it’s because I’m from this small town where you can see far. No matter what building I’m in, my inspiration is the window.” Isaac spent almost three years sitting by her window, so to speak, and the songs she found there became the substance of her recent solo recording debut, There Will Be Stars. After several years as the singing half of the Quebec electro-folk duo Taima, the 32-year-old performer and filmmaker (who began a short Canadian tour on Feb. 4 at Toronto’s Drake Hotel) has mapped out her own musical landscape.

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More information:

• Nunatsiaq News: “Elisapie Isaac steps out with first solo CD” (Oct. 04, 2009).
• As Film Director: “If the Weather Permits” (2003).
• CBC (Concerts on Demand): “Elisapie Isaac live on Routes Montreal” (Sept. 10, 2009).
• Nunatsiaq News: “Nunavik singer brings her magic to Toronto” (Feb. 15, 2010).
• Nunatsiaq News: “Review: Elisapie Isaac’s first solo CD a hit” (Feb. 18, 2010).
• Elisapie Isaac: artist website, Taima Project, and myspace music page.  Click on links for music samples, or listen below (to hear Navvaatara).

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