Chris Queen chats to Katarina Barruk, a Swedish Sámi singer, songwriter and pianist, who sings in the rare Ume Sámi language.

She talks about her Bicep collaboration, working across genre and her aversion to genre, the joy of being young leading to saying yes to more, and the rooting of language by place. She also speaks about the assimilation of and attempted erasure of the Ume Sámi language by national governments. Katrina and Chris also loosely discuss the parallels between the treatment of, and the importance of, Scottish Gaelic and Ume Sámi.

https://katarinabarruk.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/katarinabarruk/

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