page_title: Music of Greenland
section_title: Popular music
hierarchical_section_title: Music of Greenland / Popular music
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Radio Upernavik. Lokalradioen i Upernavik, Grønland. Udsendelserne kan modtages fra de fleste bygder i det enorme Upernavik distrikt. English: Radio Upernavik. The local radio station in Upernavik, Greenland. The broadcasts can be received from most of the settlements in the enourmous Upernavik district. Français&#160;: Radio Upernavik, la station radio locale d'Upernavik (Groenland). Les programmes peuvent être entendu depuis presque tous les hameaux de l'immense district d'Upernavik.
context_page_description: The music of Greenland is a mixture of two primary strands, Inuit and Danish, mixed with influences from the United States and United Kingdom.
  Greenland's musical character has been described as "definitely a rock country, both musically and literally" according to Greenlandic drummer Hans Rosenberg. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes all Greenlandic music except the drum dances as influenced by external styles.
context_section_description: Greenland was isolated from modern North American and European popular music until well into the mid-20th century. Early popular groups included the pioneering local Nuuk Orleans Jazz Band.
caption: Local radio station in Upernavik, 2007
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