record producer
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and
musician
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. He has been nominated for eight
Juno Awards
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Producer of the Year
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.
History
Wojewoda began recording bands in 1977, working in the basement of his mother's beauty salon and using rudimentary equipment. In 1985, he produced the
2016 Polaris Music Prize
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Fifth Column
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. He has produced several critically and commercially successful Canadian albums of the 1990s, including
Barenaked Ladies
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Gordon
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Spirit of the West
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Ashley MacIsaac
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's ''
Hi™ How Are You Today?
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'' and
Rheostatics
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Juno Award
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in 1994 for best engineer, in 1995, for best producer and again in 2008 for the Barenaked Ladies' ''
Snacktime!
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''.
His credits include albums for
The Waltons
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,
Doughboys
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,
Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir were a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in 1985 in Toronto.
History
The band consisted of vocalist Kate Fenner, vocalist and organist Chris Brown, vocalist and guitarist Andrew Whiteman, guitarist Chris M ...
Fifth Column
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,
Great Big Sea
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,
Northern Haze
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Formed in 1984 by Kolitalik Inukshuk, Naisan ...
,
Riit
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.
He replaced
Don Kerr
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He was one of the producers, alongside
Jon Levine Jonathan Levine (born 1976) is an American film director and screenwriter.
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* Jon Levine (musician), Canadian producer, songwriter and musician
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and Chris Birkett, of
Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and h ...
's
Polaris Music Prize
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Exclaim!
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'', March 17, 2015.
See also
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Music of Canada
The music of Canada reflects the diverse influences that have History of Canada, shaped the country. Indigenous Peoples, the Irish-Canadians, Irish, British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical Culture of Canada, herit ...
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Canadian rock
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