- Lucie Idlout
Lucie Idlout is a Canadian rock singer.
An
Inuk fromIqaluit ,Nunavut , she is the granddaughter of Joseph Idlout, an Inuk hunter who was the subject of aNational Film Board documentary, "Between Two Worlds", in 1990 [ [http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=18436 NFB Collection: "Between Two Worlds"] ] and was one of the Inuit hunters depicted on the Canadian two-dollar bill in the Scenes of Canada series of banknote designs.She released her first album, "E5-770, My Mother’s Name", in 2005. The title is an allusion to the former Canadian government practice of identifying Inuit people by
disc number s instead of surnames. She later began to attract national and international media attention when she was selected to open forThe White Stripes at their concert in Iqaluit onJune 27 ,2007 . [Ben Rayner, [http://www.lucieidlout.com/Jul07_TorStar.htm "Canada's coolest? A rock writer chasing White Stripes discovers lots of other colour"] , "Toronto Star ",July 1 ,2007 .] Her second album, "Swagger", is scheduled for release in the fall of 2008.Filmmaker
Shane Belcourt also cited Idlout, a close friend of his sister Christi, as an influence on the themes of his 2007 film "Tkaronto ". [Jennie Punter, [http://www.tkaronto.net/news/press_globeBIO_Aug08.html "'I didn't have time to filter': A Métis filmmaker reveals the inspiration for his impressive debut feature"] , "The Globe and Mail ",August 14 ,2008 .]Discography
* "E5-770, My Mother’s Name" (2005)
* "Swagger" (2008)References
External links
* [http://www.lucieidlout.com/ Lucie Idlout]
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