Rosa Wille

Rosa Wille is a Greenlandic polka singer, who was originally in Vajgat Orkesteri, an orchestra playing mainly polka music who were popular in the 50's / 60's and from the mining town of Qullissat, that was at the time one of the largest cities in Greenland, but as the coal mining became unprofitable, the mine and entire city was closed down and evacuated in 1972. Vajgat Orkesteri re-united for the album "Vajgat Orkesteri 1988", recorded at a 1988 summer camp at the evacuated town. Rosa also collaborated with the group Tuukkakkormiut in 1988 to release a polka album that played traditional Greenlandic folk songs.

Links To Peel
On Peel's show from 12 February 1994 (BFBS), he described how he met a Greenlandic man at the Midem festival in Cannes, France, who gave him a record from Greenland. The man told Peel that it was a reggae record, but turned out to be Greenlandic polka music. At the end of the record, Peel interjects an ironic "Jah Rastafari" and tried to pronounce the name of the record, which turned out to be from Rosa Wille and Tuukkakkormiut and the track title which was ''Arnannguaqkavaajalik. Peel ''didn't bother to say the Danish translation, which was written on the record.

Shows Played
1994
 * 12 February 1994 (BFBS): Arnannguaqkavaajalik (album - Imissivorooq De Siger Den Er Fuld) Ulo