Last Frontier Events
Alaska Native & Indigenous Music
Contemporary artists drawing on Alaska Native traditions.
Allison Warden (AKU-MATU)
Iñupiaq hip-hop artist and interdisciplinary performer based in Anchorage who performs as AKU-MATU.
2008–present
Arias Hoyle (Air Jazz)
Afro-Indigenous (Tlingit) hip-hop artist from Juneau who raps in English and Tlingit under the name Air Jazz.
c. 2015–present
Byron Nicholai
Yup'ik singer and drummer from Toksook Bay who performs songs in Yugtun and shares them through his 'I Sing, You Dance' project.
2014–present
Martin Paul
Yup'ik singer-songwriter from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta who performs original songs on guitar and cauyaq (Yup'ik drum), singing in English and Yugtun.
c. 2023–present
Pamyua
An Anchorage-based group blending Yup'ik and Inuit vocal and drum traditions with R&B and funk, self-described as "Inuit soul music."
1995–present
Quinn Christopherson
Ahtna Athabascan and Iñupiaq singer-songwriter from Anchorage who won NPR's Tiny Desk Contest in 2019.
2018–present