A journey through Inuit song, northern voices, and living traditions. From traditional throat singing, drum dances, children’s songs, and community recordings to contemporary folk, gospel, and original compositions, this playlist celebrates the richness, resilience, and diversity of Inuit music across the Canadian North.
Featured in this collection are Inuit Teachers Of Kativik – Children Songs In Inuktitut, Nellie Echalook & Rebecca Nutialuk – Katajjait (Musique de gorge / Throat Music), Traditional Inuit Music of Eskimo Point & Rankin Inlet, Etulu & Susan Peta – Songs by Etulu & Susan Peta, Willie Thrasher – Spirit Child / Fils de la Tradition, Charlie Panigoniak & Lorna Tasseor – Just for Kids, Charlie Panigoniak – Eskimo Singer / Composer, Sugluk – Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) / Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard), Uvagut – Inuusivut: Our Ways, Philippe McKenzie – Indian Songs in Folk Rock Tradition, Uniaqtut – Inusivut / Our Life, Alanis Obomsawin – Indian Songs, Alexis & Victor Utatnaq – Inuit Songs, Tudjaat – ST, Inuit Traditional Songs and Games (Chants Et Jeux Traditionnels Inuit), Charlie Adams – Minstrel on Ice / Troubadour du nord, Tumasi Quissa – Better Times / De Meilleurs Jours, Inuit Drum Dances of Western Arctic, Etulu Etidlouie – Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee, Igloolik Music Workshop, William Tagoona – Takugapkit Help Me Out, Mary Thompson – My Songs For My People / Immgiutikka Inuuqatimmnut, Alexis Utatnaq – Igvit Kisivit Only You, Willie Thrasher – Spirit Child, Sikumiut (People of the Ice) – People Of The Ice, The True North Concert, David and Dorothy Aglukark – Inuktitut Gospel Songs, Alexis Utatnaq – Songs Composed and Sung by Alexis Utatnaq, Flummies – Songs Of Labrador, Tuhaalruuqtut Volume 2, The Effects Of Acculturation On Eskimo Music Of Cumberland Peninsula, Inuit – Inuit Iglulik, West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, Joshua Haulli – Aqqut, Etulu Etidlouie – Today's Thoughts, Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk, Lucassie Koperqualuk – Tamaunga b/w Ovaaguk Angajurkaguganuk, Tuhaalruuqtut – Authentic Inuit Songs, Nitjautiit Vol. 2, Sugluk – Fall Away / I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl / Little Boy, Charlie Adams – Inuit Songs Composed and Sung By Charlie Adams of Inoucdjouac Quebec (co-singer Johnny Inukpuk), Charlie Panigoniak – Eskimo Singer / Composer, The Inuit (Eskimos) of Greenland and Northern Canada Vol. 1, Inuit Singers of Nain, Labrador – Recorded by CBC Happy Valley, Charlie Panigoniak – Inuktitut Songs, Tumasi Quissa – Sung By Tumasi Quissa with Henry Quissa and Joanasi Qaqutu, and Uvagut – For Our Children's Future.
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIQSIQ | Qallupilluit: Creatures Who Knock on the Ice | Legends | 03:13 | |
| Uniaqtut | Jesus Is The Only One Left | Inusivut / Our Life | 02:56 | |
| Joshua Haulli | Tusaqpaktavut | Aqqut | 01:55 | |
| Charlie Panigoniak & Lorna Tasseor | My Brother | Just for Kids | 02:41 | |
| Sikumiut (People of the Ice) | Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) | People Of The Ice | 02:37 | |
| Compilation | Theresa Kimmalardyuk, Nangajuk - Ajajai (Drumdance) | Traditional Inuit Music of Eskimo Point & Rankin Inlet | 02:07 | |
| Inuit | Pisiq | Inuit Iglulik | 01:55 | |
| Joshua Haulli | Akkangma | Aqqut | 01:49 | |
| Compilation | Alice Suluk, Donald Suluk - Ajajai | Traditional Inuit Music of Eskimo Point & Rankin Inlet | 03:37 | |
| Compilation | Lars P. Lynge & Arnannguag, Qaqortoq, Greenland - Whale Music | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᔪᐊᒥ ᑲᑐᔨᕐᑲᑎᒋᖕᒋᑦ The Inuit (Eskimos) of Greenland and Northern Canada Vol. 1 | 06:57 | |
| Sikumiut (People of the Ice) | Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) | People Of The Ice | 02:18 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Intro | Inuusiq / Life | 00:23 | |
| Compilation | Charlie Panigoniak - Niuvimi - Too Busy | Nitjautiit Vol .2 | 02:07 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Tukturjuk | Echoes | 01:05 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Kituriat | Aakuluk | 04:57 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Ahead by a Century | Ahead by a Century b/w Nirliit | 03:33 | |
| Compilation | See ducks on the lake! They preen skip and soar. Dancers imitate motions | Inuit Drum Dances Of Western Arctic | 01:48 | |
| Willie Thrasher | Forefathers | Spirit Child / Fils de la Tradition | 03:26 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Atauttikkut | Echoes | 03:16 | |
| Terry Uyarak | Tisijumut | Unnuaq | 05:35 | |
| Labrador Inuit Singers of Nain | Eli Merkuratsuk - Taimanggat (From That Time One) | Recorded by CBC Happy Valley | 02:44 | |
| Uvagut ᐅᕙᒍᑦ | Inuusira Qanuinniaqa (How Will My Future Life Be?) | For Our Children's Future | 02:16 | |
| Charlie Panigoniak | John | Eskimo Singer / Composer | 01:58 | |
| Compilation | Povungnjtukmiut Arnat Torlussortartut, Throat Chanters, Northern Quebec, Canada - Throat Song 2 | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᔪᐊᒥ ᑲᑐᔨᕐᑲᑎᒋᖕᒋᑦ The Inuit (Eskimos) of Greenland and Northern Canada Vol. 1 | 01:02 | |
| Uvagut ᐅᕙᒍᑦ | Qujannamiqpagit - I Thank You | Inuusivut: Our Ways | 04:12 | |
| Compilation | Povungnjtukmiut Arnat Torlussortartut, Throat Chanters, Northern Quebec, Canada - Song of Boy's Name | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᔪᐊᒥ ᑲᑐᔨᕐᑲᑎᒋᖕᒋᑦ The Inuit (Eskimos) of Greenland and Northern Canada Vol. 1 | 01:37 | |
| Compilation | Alasi Alasuak - Are You Shivering? | ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk | 01:10 | |
| Compilation | Aatuut - Asu | Artcirq Jam | 02:10 | |
| Compilation | Celina Kalluk & Solomon Uyarasuk - Siipinngua | Artcirq Jam | 01:49 | |
| Labrador Inuit Singers of Nain | Eli Merkuratsuk - Naalautik (Radio in Labrador) | Recorded by CBC Happy Valley | 02:13 | |
| Uvagut ᐅᕙᒍᑦ | Uvagut (About Our Group) | For Our Children's Future | 01:30 | |
| Charlie Panigoniak | I.T.C. (Eskimo Rights Association) | Eskimo Singer / Composer | 02:32 | |
| Inuit | Sakausiq One | Inuit Iglulik | 01:32 | |
| Compilation | William Tagoona - Inuit Nunani | Nitjautiit Vol .2 | 02:20 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Aakuluk, Pt. 2 | Aakuluk | 03:38 | |
| Etulu Etidlouie | Kuviasuajut Kiasugujut (Crying For Joy) | Inuit Songs Composed and Sung by Etulu Etidloiee - Cape Dorset, N.W.T. | 02:27 | |
| Terry Uyarak | Interlude 1 | Nunarjua Isulinginniani | 00:48 | |
| Flummies | My Little Cottage Home | Songs Of Labrador | 04:31 | |
| Inuit | Sakausiq | Inuit Iglulik | 00:20 | |
| Tumasi Quissa | Aulayingilatit Sukuapiuvalauranu (Better Times) | Better Times / De Meilleus Jours | 03:55 | |
| Inuit | Pisit Three | Inuit Iglulik | 01:34 | |
| PIQSIQ | Itiqgin: Enter | Legends | 04:51 | |
| Alexis Utatnaq | Niviungititsi (Don't Worry) | Igvit Kisivit Only You | 04:35 | |
| Compilation | Joey Ammaq & Terry Uyarak - Tuattiaq | Made In Igloolik | 02:41 | |
| Willie Thrasher | Wolves Don't Live By The Rules | Spirit Child | 02:16 | |
| Compilation | Etulu Itidlui - Surusiutillunga | Nitjautiit Vol .2 | 02:04 | |
| Tumasi Quissa | Irngutapiga Qiayuapeomat (Tears are for joy) | Sung By Tumasi Quissa with Henry Quissa and Joanasi Qaqutu | 03:08 | |
| Inuit | Sakausiq | Inuit Iglulik | 03:35 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Aakuluk, Pt. 1 | Aakuluk | 04:10 | |
| Compilation | Guillaume I. Saladin - Ililarlugu | Artcirq Jam | 06:10 | |
| Inuit | Qiarpalik. The Same | Inuit Iglulik | 01:51 | |
| Compilation | Lucy Kownak, Emily Alerk - Throat Singing #1 | ᑐᕼᐋᓪᕉᖅᑐᑦ - Tuhaalruuqtut - Authentic Inuit Songs | 01:26 | |
| Uniaqtut | Our Life | Inusivut / Our Life | 02:35 | |
| Flummies | Crowd of Jolly Trappers | Songs Of Labrador | 03:53 | |
| Inuit | String Game Song "Ajarausiq" | Inuit Iglulik | 00:15 | |
| Alexis Utatnaq | Situraujaqakkapta (We Went Sliding Down The Hill) | Igvit Kisivit Only You | 03:07 | |
| Inuit Teachers Of Kativik | Timmiaqutiapikka | Children Songs In Inuktitut | 01:30 | |
| Alanis Obomsawin | Ndayden (Gambling Songs - How Many Bone-sticks) | Indian Songs | 01:58 | |
| Colin Adjun | Flop Eared Mule | Fiddler Of The Arctic | 02:04 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Spring Tide | Echoes | 01:38 | |
| Willie Thrasher | Forefathers | Spirit Child | 03:26 | |
| Alanis Obomsawin | Shibi (River of Dreams) | Indian Songs | 02:07 | |
| Compilation | Peter and Susan Aningmiuq - Ataatagaina | Nitjautiit Vol .2 | 03:07 | |
| Compilation | Kikkukia - Ajurnarunniisuu | Artcirq Jam | 02:42 | |
| PIQSIQ | Ijiraq: Shapeshifter | Legends | 04:01 | |
| Compilation | Etulu Etidluie | ᐃᖏᓗᒃᑕᑦ West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative | 02:24 | |
| Compilation | Titus Niego - Maluk's Song | ᑐᕼᐋᓪᕉᖅᑐᑦ - Tuhaalruuqtut - Authentic Inuit Songs | 02:58 | |
| Tumasi Quissa | Immutta Aiyaiya (Teasing Song) | Better Times / De Meilleus Jours | 02:40 | |
| Compilation | Derek Aqqiaruq & Terry Uyarak - Jacky Qunnuniruma | Artcirq Jam | 03:22 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Inurulutuinnaujunga | Aakuluk | 04:27 | |
| Inuit | Quananau. The Same | Inuit Iglulik | 00:39 | |
| Charlie Adams | Tusa Rumali Kakit (Long To Hear From You) | Minstrel on Ice / Troubadour du nord | 03:54 | |
| Tudjaat | Qiugaviit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Compilation | Charlie Panigoniak - Angutinasuumut - Poor Man | Nitjautiit Vol .2 | 03:00 | |
| William Tagoona | Nuliara | Takugapkit Help Me Out | 04:11 | |
| Sugluk | Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) | Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) | 02:41 | |
| Compilation | Winnie Tatja & Naomi Itqilik - Winnie's Hard Time | Tuhaalruuqtut Volume 2 | 05:25 | |
| Etulu Etidlouie | Ananaga Inuyunnairmat (My Mother's Gone) | Today's Thoughts | 02:07 | |
| Willie Thrasher | Wolves Don't Live by the Rules | Spirit Child / Fils de la Tradition | 02:16 | |
| Compilation | Charlie Panigoniak - Santa Kalasi | Nitjautiit Vol .2 | 01:48 | |
| Etulu Peta & Susan | Ulutama Tutsiaquyaugata (Daily Thanks) | Songs by Etulu & Susan Peta | 02:07 | |
| Etulu Peta & Susan | Jopi Arnaituk - Tunialuvini Sivuliqalaurata (Thoughts Of Early Man) | Songs by Etulu & Susan Peta | 02:07 | |
| Philippe McKenzie | Esh Paktichuk (The Day Approaches) | Indian Songs in Folk Rock Tradition | 02:30 | |
| Sikumiut (People of the Ice) | Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) | People Of The Ice | 03:14 | |
| Inuit | From 'The Grand-Mother and the Son' | Inuit Iglulik | 00:39 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Swell (My Brother) | Echoes | 03:56 | |
| Charlie Adams | Asu Gook (Gee Whiz) | Minstrel on Ice / Troubadour du nord | 03:06 | |
| Lucassie Koperqualuk | Tamaunga (En dehors du Nord - Outside the North) | Tamaunga b/w Ovaaguk Angajurkaguganuk | 04:24 | |
| Charlie Adams | Bingua Titui Nauva Laura Ma (I Used to be Just a Player) | Minstrel on Ice / Troubadour du nord | 03:15 | |
| Compilation | Povungnjtukmiut Arnat Torlussortartut, Throat Chanters, Northern Quebec, Canada - Harp Song 2 | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᔪᐊᒥ ᑲᑐᔨᕐᑲᑎᒋᖕᒋᑦ The Inuit (Eskimos) of Greenland and Northern Canada Vol. 1 | 01:20 | |
| Compilation | Povungnjtukmiut Arnat Torlussortartut, Throat Chanters, Northern Quebec, Canada - Throat Song 5 | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᔪᐊᒥ ᑲᑐᔨᕐᑲᑎᒋᖕᒋᑦ The Inuit (Eskimos) of Greenland and Northern Canada Vol. 1 | 00:54 | |
| Lucassie Koperqualuk | Ovaaguk Angajurkaguganuk (Protegeons les enfants - Protect the Children) | Tamaunga b/w Ovaaguk Angajurkaguganuk | 04:28 | |
| Charlie Panigoniak | Nutaraulausimajugut (I Remember My Childhood) | Inuktitut Songs | 03:22 | |
| Inuit | Pisit One | Inuit Iglulik | 00:41 | |
| Etulu Peta & Susan | Qulami Tapani (Thoughts Of Heaven) | Songs by Etulu & Susan Peta | 02:13 | |
| Compilation | Oonerk - Ajajai | Traditional Inuit Music of Eskimo Point & Rankin Inlet | 01:21 | |
| Compilation | Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of Sea Shore | ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk | 01:32 | |
| Compilation | Lucy Kownak, Emily Alerk - Throat Singing #2 | ᑐᕼᐋᓪᕉᖅᑐᑦ - Tuhaalruuqtut - Authentic Inuit Songs | 01:06 | |
| The Jerry Cans | Northern Lights | Inuusiq / Life | 03:34 | |
| Compilation | Povungnjtukmiut Arnat Torlussortartut, Throat Chanters, Northern Quebec, Canada - Sound of a Wind | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᔪᐊᒥ ᑲᑐᔨᕐᑲᑎᒋᖕᒋᑦ The Inuit (Eskimos) of Greenland and Northern Canada Vol. 1 | 01:13 |
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