Finnish band Gájanas has won the International Indigenous Artist/Group Recording of the Year Award at the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards 2021 in Canada.
Gájanas (Echo in English) comes from Inari-Utsjoki, at the far north of Finland. They perform Northern Sámi ethno-progressive music. Gájanas recently released the album Cihkkojuvvon (Hidden).
Members of the band include Hildá Länsman, Nicholas Francett, Kevin Francett and Erkki Feodoroff.
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