Pamyua on the cover of Caught in the Act (2003)

Pamyua (pronounced /ˈbʌmjoʊə/ in English) is a Yupik musical group from Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Yupik or in the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik, are a group of indigenous or aboriginal peoples of western southwestern and southcentral A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent

General information

Pamyua's music is self-described as "tribal funk" and "world music". Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians Most of their songs are based on traditional Yupik, Inuit and Greenlandic chants, but the group is well-known for reinterpreting them in modern styles, such as the song "Cayauqa Nauwa", which has been performed a cappella (mengluni, 1998) and with Pacific Islander influences (Caught in the Act, 2003), as well as traditionally (Drums of the North, 2005). Inuit (plural the singular Inuk, means "man" or "person" is a general term for a group of culturally similar Indigenous peoples inhabiting Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" Grønland is a self-governing Danish Province located between the A cappella (Italian or Latin "From the chapel/choir" Music is Vocal music or Singing without instrumental Accompaniment Pacific Islander (or Pacific Person, pl Pacific People, also called Oceanic[s] ' is a geographic term to describe the Austronesian

Pamyua has toured across the United States and the world, performing at many world music festivals. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In 2003, Pamyua won the Record of the Year Nammy for their album Caught in the Act. The Native American Music Awards commonly known as NAMA, or the Nammys, are an annual awards program given out since 1998 for outstanding musical achievments

Discography

• mengluni (1998)
• Verses (Apallut) (2001)
• Caught in the Act (2003)
• Drums of the North (2005)

Current members^[1]

• Stephen Blanchett, Yupik and African American heritage
• Phillip Blanchett, Yupik and African American heritage
• Karina Møller, Greenlandic Inuit heritage
• Ossie Kairaiuak,Inupiat heritage

References

External links

• Pamyua home page