The inaugural Nunavut Music Week only kicked off on Thursday afternoon, but all signs point toward it being a thoroughly chilled-out affair, despite the fact that its affable organizers freely admit they’re kind of making the whole thing up as they go along. That’s what I always remind myself.” All kidding aside, the Jerry Cans and their Arctic-focused Aakuluk Music label are actively making Canadian music history in Iqaluit this weekend. By bringing the Canadian music industry to them for a change, instead of heading south like they usually do. The low-key nature of Nunavut Music Week was illustrated by the small gathering held for early-arriving musicians and delegates at the house of the brother of Jerry Cans member Brendan “Dotes” Doherty, atop a rocky ridge overlooking Frobisher Bay on Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, Morrison was hoping to reach fiddler Gustin Adjun (“the best young fiddler in Nunavut”) by radio, wherever he’d been camped out on the tundra, “to tell him that Nunavut Music Week is happening” and lure him to Iqaluit to play.

Source: thestar September 28, 2017 20:27 UTC