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l'Oumigmag: Ce Qui Tourne Dans L'Air

Read "Ce Qui Tourne Dans L'Air" reviewed by David Bruggink

by David Bruggink
August 2, 2025

"Oumigmag" means “muskox" in Inuktitut, one of the principal Inuit languages spoken in Canada's northeast and central northern provinces. Sébastien Sauvageau, a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Québec, drew on his province's musical and Indigenous histories to create the jazz-folk project l'Oumigmag--an effort, he writes, to explore “how past elements (traditional music), present experiences, and future ...

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Territoires

By Sébastien Sauvageau

Label: The 270 Sessions
Released: 2017
Track listing: Lake Arthabaska; East; South; West; North; For the World Suite.

Article: Album Review

Sébastien Sauvageau - l'Oumigmag: Territoires

Read "Territoires" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
August 26, 2017

l'Oumigmag means muskox in Inukitut (the Inuit language spoken in the central and eastern Canadian arctic, which includes Quebec). Territoires is an impressionistic journey through the imaginary, spiritual and geographic territories of Quebec. Guitarist/composer Sébastien Sauvageau took inspiration from contemporary jazz and traditional music. Opener “Lac Arthabaska" (Lake Arthabaska) starts the album on a bright, upbeat ...