Art

‘We need to do this as a community’: Abe Drennan celebrates pandemic resilience with ‘Unknown Road’

The Inuvik singer-songwriter celebrates the strength of his community in his new single


Inuvik singer-songwriter Abe Drennan remembers the fear that gripped him in the first weeks of the pandemic. “I went out to buy groceries at Stanton for the first time since we shut down,” he remembers. “And I remember feeling a real fear that I have never felt before — I’ve…



Inuvialuk model wins national award

Willow Allen is a 23-year-old Inuvialuk woman from Inuvik who has travelled the world as a model. She recently had her work recognized at the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards. She spoke with CKLB about how her experiences as a model for high-end brands and the change she’s working towards…



Love, language: Digawolf talks new album

Digawolf returns to his heritage with first Tłı̨chǫ -only album in more than a decade


Growing up in Behchokǫ̀, Diga spoke only Tłı̨chǫ until the age of ten. Now, the two-time Juno-nominated singer-songwriter, along with his band Digawolf, is returning to his heritage with his first all-Tłı̨chǫ album in more than a decade. Ini is the follow-up to 2020’s High Arctic, and his seventh release…



Indigenous creator highlight: Arsenne Betsidea

“I was raised by my grandparents and their parents. So it had a lot of influence. And most of my elders were raised by their own elders. So a lot of this information passed on to me is ancient and to bring back. It gives me more sense of the…




Indigenous creator highlight: JULE$

JULE$, 15, is an aspiring artist from Tulita hoping to make it out of the North with his music.  “I want to take my name bigger than the Northwest Territories,” says JULE$. He got interested once the pandemic was announced with more time on his hands, he began rapping for…