Charlie Panigoniak
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Charlie Panigoniak (born 7 March 1946 in Chesterfield Inlet, Northwest Territories in what is now Nunavut, Canada) is an Inuit singer-songwriter and guitarist.
He began recording in the early 1970s, including projects for broadcaster CBC Northern Service. His Inuktitut language rendition of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" with Lorna Tasseor was featured on the 1996 compilation A Northern Christmas.
[edit] External links
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Charlie Panigoniak
- Canadian Journal for Traditional Music: "Charlie Panigoniak: Eskimo Music in Transition" (Lynn Whidden, 1981)
- Review of A Northern Christmas