Echoes of...

Echoes Of… is a collective of musicians and producers who live in Iqaluit. Echoes Of… is an important new album. Echoes Of… is just that: echoes of a place, of isolation, of soundscapes, of the collaborations of artists, and of half a dozen genres of music.

In Edmonton, musician, singer and songwriter (founder of the Jerry Cans) Andrew Morrison was with his mother as she transitioned from this world to the next. “It was a time to mourn her death and yet celebrate her life,” he recalls. “And the only way I knew how to do that was to create music.”

With his children, as they sat with their grandmother, Andrew sang a final song for her — and “Anaanaga” eventually became the first track from the debut album from Echoes Of…

You can dance to some of it, dream to most of it. Most of the vocals are sung in Inuktitut. Echoes Of… makes it possible, now, to understand — to feel — a vibrant, lively, strong and resilient culture.

And isn’t that what the best music is created to do? Take you away to feel, think, dance, and carry you to different places…