Explore: Yoiks

A joik or yoik (anglicised, where the latter spelling in English conforms with the pronunciation; also named luohti, vuolle, vuelie, or juoiggus in the

Katarina Barruk's mother plays the piano and her father, Henrik Barruk, yoiks and works on Sámi language preservation. Since early childhood, she aspired

call "yoik metal" in the late 1990s, drawing attention to Sámi music in the heavy metal scene. Their music incorporated Sámi elements such as yoik singing

Shamaani Duo. The most widely used elements are the shamanic drum, yoik and humppa. Besides yoik, the vocals vary from clean to rather aggressive growling. The

characteristics of yoiks can be explained through comparing the concepts of musical ideals as observed in yoiks with the ideals of other cultures. Some yoiks intend

during World War II with a Sámi woman as one of the main characters Last Yoik in Saami Forests? (2007), made for the United Nations, a documentary about

In her music, she takes inspiration from the traditional Northern Saami yoiks, combining them with pop and other genres to create her own style of music

rock with elements from old Scandinavian folk music. Their music features yoik or juoiggus, a traditional Sami form of song. Hållbus Totte Mattson, Anders

"Thanks to NOPA also for inviting Aurora to honour me with a version of the yoik Maze which has been in my repertoire for a long time. Very touching. @auroramusic

in Norwegian by Sverre Kjelsberg, while Mattis Hætta contributed with the yoik chorus – a Sami form of vocal music without words; the title of the song