Folklore

A tribute to the storytellers, balladeers, and tradition-keepers of Canadian music. FolkLore explores the rich tapestry of songs passed down through generations—tales of love, labour, loss, and life from every corner of the country. From traditional fiddle tunes and sea shanties to field recordings, protest songs, and contemporary folk revivalists, this room captures the voices that shaped Canada’s cultural memory. Rooted in place, steeped in history—this is Canada’s living folklore, preserved in song.

Christl, Margaret and Ian Robb - The Barley Grain For Me

Scotland - Calgary, Alberta

FEATURED

Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves) - Side by Each

Port-Au-Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

Peacock, Ken - Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland

Toronto, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Oster, Al - Northland Ballads

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Scammel, Arthur R. - My Newfoundland

Change Islands, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Phillips, Stu - Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

St-Eustache, Québec → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦 → Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Hemsworth, Wade - The Land of the Muskeg

Brantford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Phillips, Stu - A Visit to British Columbia

St-Eustache, Québec → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦 → Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan

FEATURED

Tiller's Folly - Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Vigneault, Gilles - Mon pays

Natashquan, Québec

FEATURED

Blondahl, Omar - Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Scammel, Arthur R. - Lukey's Boat // The Kelligrew's Soiree

Change Islands, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Oxner, Diane - Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

Ladies & Escorts - CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song

Vernon, British Columbia

FEATURED

Tiller's Folly - A Ripple in Time

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Bedore, Bernard Vance - The Hornets and the Fence Posts b/w Along the Opeongo/ Fiery Kate and Dickory Dan (picture sleeve)

Arnprior, Ontario

Watkins, Reg - Newfoundland Mummers comp

Heads Harbor, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Mills, Alan - Folkloriquement Vôtre

Lachine, Québec

Big Billy & Sebastian - Goin' Home b/w The Ballad of Fred Quilt

Vancouver, British Columbia

Prentice, Ernie with Pat Trudell & Trio - I Was Born About 100 Years Ago/ In My Little Old Sod Shanty b/w The Old Settler’s Song/ When The Ice Worms Nest Again (picture sleeve)

British Columbia

Lauzon, Paul & The River String Band - Songs & Dances of New Brunswick

New Brunswick - Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

FEATURED

Blondahl, Omar - Songs of Sea and Shore

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Plotnikoff, Serge - Beautiful British Columbia

Kinnaird, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Dempster, Linda - Folklore In Song

Scarborough, Ontario

Banks, Tommy and John Cousins - A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Buckna, Pat & Jim Green - Flint and Steel: Poetry and Music from the Northwest Territories (re-issue)

High River, Alberta - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Karr, Hank - Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads

Whitehorse, Yukon

FEATURED

Buddy Wasisname & the Other Fellers - Flatout

Newfoundland

Richard Squires

Buddy Wasisname - Flatout

Arthur Scammel - Squid Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2

earl Hughes-Banjo Times

Bedore, Bernard Vance / The Hornets and the Fence Posts b/w Along the Opeongo/ Fiery Kate and Dickory Dan

Margaret Christl and Ian Robb - The Barley Grain For Me

Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat - Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs

Compilation - Nitjautiit Vol .2

Ola Louise - Sasquatch b/w Train Song

Dave Boire - Up in Alaska Land b/w The Legend of 12 Foot

Art Scammel - My Newfoundland

Ernie Prentice with Pat Trudell & Trio / I Was Born About 100 Years Ago/ In My Little Old Sod Shanty b/w The Old Settler’s Song/ When The Ice Worms Nest Again (picture sleeve)

Arthur R. Scammel - Lukey's Boat // The Kelligrew's Soiree

Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs

Stu Phillips - Visit to Old Quebec LABEL 01

Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2

Mackerel Skies

Yukon Song (split with Earl Hughes)

CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song

Up in Alaska Land b/w The Legend of 12 Foot

Sasquatch b/w Train Song

I Was Born About 100 Years Ago/ In My Little Old Sod Shanty b/w The Old Settler’s Song/ When The Ice Worms Nest Again (picture sleeve)

Buddy Wasisname & the Other Fellers

Blondahl, Omar - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

Blondahl, Omar - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Blondahl, Omar - Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song

Blondahl, Omar - Favourite Folk Songs

Blondahl, Omar - Songs of Sea and Shore

Heywood, Earl

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Tracks

Artist Track Title
Blondahl, Omar Catch of the Season Songs of Sea and Shore
Karr, Hank Buckets of Steel Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Compilation Rufus Guinchard - Out Behind the House - Up the Southern Shore Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Newfoundland Mummers Turkey in the Straw Newfoundland Mummers
Noble, Geoff Heroes & Monuments Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Buckna, Pat & Jim Green When the Sun Gets Up Flint and Steel: Poetry and Music from the Northwest Territories (re-issue)
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Meehan, Leonard Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs
Compilation Lucille Dumont - Prix "Amicale De La Chanson" - Parc Lafontaine 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Phillips, Stu The Grand Hotel A Visit to British Columbia
Tiller's Folly A Ripple in Time A Ripple in Time
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves) Charlie the Seagull Side by Each
Scammel, Arthur R. Sea Pictures My Newfoundland
Lauzon, Paul & The River String Band The Restigouche Shore Songs & Dances of New Brunswick
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Blondahl, Omar Catch of the Season 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Peacock, Ken Woman of Dover - Woman from Dover Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Clark, Larena The Wreck Of The Asia Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song
Noble, Geoff The Bands of Steel Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Oster, Al Sourdough Rendezvous Northland Ballads
Heywood, Earl Two Big Brothers Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Drumlin Let Go Your Bowline Mackerel Skies
Compilation Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 03 Nitjautiit Vol .2
Oster, Al '98 Trail Yukon Ballads
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Ballads
Blondahl, Omar Huntingdon Shore 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Heywood, Earl Granny Bell (The Fortune Teller) Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Ladies & Escorts Somebody Robbed the CPR CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song
Oster, Al My Book of Yukon Memories Yukon Ballads
Heywood, Earl John O'Connor (The Trial) Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Scammel, Arthur R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat The Grand Father Song: Etsi Shon Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins John Cousins - Let Her Go A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs
Oster, Al Echo of the Yukon Northland Ballads
Compilation Charlie Adams - Puturie Nitjautiit Vol .2
Heywood, Earl Who Stole Thompson's Cow Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Scammel, Arthur R. Lukey's Boat Lukey's Boat // The Kelligrew's Soiree
Blondahl, Omar Twin Lakes Songs of Sea and Shore
MacIsaac, Hector Sir Edmund Walker Head The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Big Billy & Sebastian The Ballad of Fred Quilt Goin' Home b/w The Ballad of Fred Quilt
Compilation Peter and Susan Aningmiuq - Ataatagaina Nitjautiit Vol .2
Compilation Fran Dowie - Fraser Boat Song Ballads of British Columbia (musical postcard picture sleeve)
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins John Cousins - The Gracie M. Parker A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves) Lonesome for Newfoundland Side by Each
Plotnikoff, Serge Song of the Sea Beautiful British Columbia
Newfoundland Mummers My Boy Willy Newfoundland Mummers
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Oxner, Diane The Broken Ring Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia
Peacock, Ken Lots of Fish in Bonavist' Harbor Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Scammel, Arthur R. That Joe Batt's Arm Bully My Newfoundland
Peacock, Ken Bill Wiseman Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Drumlin The Twa Brothers Mackerel Skies
Clemens, Lucinda Les voyageurs sont arrivés - The Return of the Betrayed Husband Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Blondahl, Omar Feller From Fortune Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Compilation Pamela Morgan - The Southern Cross Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Heywood, Earl The Night They Shot John Donnelly Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Blondahl, Omar Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Drumlin Silvy Mackerel Skies
Phillips, Stu Nigger John Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Oster, Al Arctic Eskimo Northland Ballads
Dempster, Linda The Huron Carol Folklore In Song
MacIsaac, Hector Here in the Wilderness The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Phillips, Stu The Fireworks Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Blondahl, Omar Big Rock Candy Mountain Favourite Folk Songs
Blondahl, Omar The Star of Logy Bay 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Blondahl, Omar Sweet Betsy From Pike Favourite Folk Songs
Karr, Hank Paddlewheeler Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins John Cousins - The Shan Van Vogh A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs
Phillips, Stu Dollard des ormeaux Visit Old Québec
Oster, Al Unfortunate Miner Yukon Ballads
Scammel, Arthur R. Bake Apple Jam My Newfoundland
Clemens, Lucinda La chanson de falcon - Falcon's Song Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Dempster, Linda Sweet William Folklore In Song
Hemsworth, Wade My Mother Is the Ocean Sea (vocals Kate & Anna McGarrigle) The Land of the Muskeg
Karr, Hank Keebird Song Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Compilation Candy Kane - Centennial Sue Ballads of British Columbia (musical postcard picture sleeve)
Blondahl, Omar Sally Brown Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Compilation Charlie Adams - Isumatsiarrasuasunga Nitjautiit Vol .2
Phillips, Stu En Roulant Ma Boule Visit Old Québec
Blondahl, Omar My Old Kentucky Home Favourite Folk Songs
Blondahl, Omar The Southern Cross The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat Salaw Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Compilation Rollande Des Ormeaux - La croix de Mont-Royal 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Blondahl, Omar Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Tiller's Folly Farewell to Ardoon A Ripple in Time
Newfoundland Mummers What a Friend We Have in Jesus Newfoundland Mummers
Phillips, Stu The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years Visit Old Québec
Tiller's Folly Jigs: Calico Hills; The Bride's Veil; Sparrowhawk; The Freshet A Ripple in Time
Clark, Larena Burns And His Highland Mary Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song
Tiller's Folly The Electric Railway Line A Ripple in Time
Peacock, Ken Lonely Waterloo Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Compilation Charlie Panigoniak - Santa Kalasi Nitjautiit Vol .2
Phillips, Stu The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line Visit Old Québec
Blondahl, Omar Southern Cross Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Prentice, Ernie with Pat Trudell & Trio In My Little Old Sod Shanty I Was Born About 100 Years Ago/ In My Little Old Sod Shanty b/w The Old Settler’s Song/ When The Ice Worms Nest Again (picture sleeve)
Blondahl, Omar When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Conroy, Charles "Whitewater" The Ballad of Woodfibre The Ballad of Woodfibre b/w Bennett's Railroad Song

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