Collections

2020's

New Brunswick

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Albums

so far around 400 albums have been added....

Canadian Talent Library

The Canadian Talent Library (CTL) is the manifestation of Lyman Potts' "Canadianization" of Canadian radio broadcasting. Created primarily to bring a measure of truly Canadian programming to private (commercial) radio stations, CTL became a unique showcase for Canadian singers, musicians and song-writers that especially attracted easy-listening program producers in other ...

CBC Northern Service and Related Recordings

For many years CBC North, a branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, has released broadcast recordings featuring northern singers and songwriters from the NWT, Yukon and northern Quebec, performing in various languages. Included in this series are Inuit songs, fiddle music, contemporary music, and an album for children. The collection ...

Bellwether Lassies

A lovely collection of 20th century Canadian women influencers.

Beautiful Black Canadians

The Music of Willie Dunn

This collection presents practically every Willie Dunn recording he ever made, eight hours of music. William Lawrence “Willie” Dunn (a.k.a. Roha’tiio, meaning “his voice is beautiful”) musician, filmmaker (born 14 August 1941 in Montreal, QC; died 5 August 2013 in Ottawa, ON). Willie Dunn was a folk musician of Mi’kmaq-Scottish ...

Early Tom Connors

Here's a collection of the young ultimate Canadian patriot, pre-stompin', pre-black-hatted Canadian legend. On the CKGB, Twang, Dominion, and Rebel labels circa 1965-1969.

Buck 65

Rich Terfry performs under the name Buck 65. Terfry, grew up in the small town of Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia. Terfry became known on Halifax's hip-hop scene in the early 1990s, while recording songs under the name Stinkin' Rich. His first EP, Chin Music (1992), attracted the attention of the ...

Eric's Trip

Eric’s Trip was a Canadian indie rock band hailing from Moncton, New Brunswick. Formed in 1990 when musicians Rick White and Christopher Thompson of The Forest joined Julie Doiron and Ed Vaughan (who was later replaced by Mark Gaudet of Purple Knight), they took their name from a Sonic Youth ...

Eric Simpson and Don Stagg

Majik, 7th Temple, and Drama were all projects involving Eric Simpson and Don Stagg in the late 1970's. They teamed up again in the mid-nineties to record another project entitled "Within Gothic Towers". Glamorcult was formed in the early 1980’s by Canadian singer/song writer Eric Simpson as the next step ...

Neil Merryweather

Neil Merryweather (born Robert Neilson Lillie on December 27, 1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a Canadian rock singer, bass player and songwriter. He has recorded and performed with musicians including Steve Miller, Dave Mason, Lita Ford, Billy Joel and Rick James, and released an extensive catalogue of albums. Merryweather began ...

Bruce Cockburn

For his many achievements, the Ottawa-born artist has been honoured with 12 Juno Awards, an induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, and has been made an Officer of the Order of Canada. But he never rests on his laurels. “I’d rather ...

Bonsound Records

Bonsound is a music company founded in 2004 and based in Montreal, Canada. We are a record label, music publisher, booking agency, concert producer and artist management team. We also run two sublabels: Make It Rain and Blow the Fuse records.

Black Hen Music

Black Hen Music was started by award-winning producer and musician Steve Dawson in 1998. Black Hen is dedicated to producing music that is diverse, eclectic and that has some connection to roots music forms. Since its inception, Black Hen has released over 80 albums and continues to expand its roster. ...

Aragon Records

Vancouver, British Columbia label founded by Al Reusch in 1946. Jack Herschorn purchased the label in June 1971 from Aragon Enterprises Limited and two months later the label and its catalogue was acquired by Can-Base Industries Ltd. when it bought out Herschorn Productions Ltd. In 1946, aided by Al Reusch, ...

$1000 Record Club

This is an exclusive list of Canadian records worth at least USD$1,000.00, or approaching the high watermark

Canadian Places

......songs about the cities, towns, provinces, territories, regions, etc.....

Canadiana

The Canadiana Room is reserved for those recording artists who proudly exemplify the true Canadiana spirit by singing about our country and our people. ...

Sounds of World War 1

Music on Canada’s Home Front, 1914-1918 by Sara Karn by The Laurier Centre Study of Canada | Jan 19, 2018 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society "The history of Canadian music can help to deepen our understanding of Canada itself.” -Governor General Vincent Massey, Music in ...

Greatest Canadian Album Covers

Rarest Canadian Music

Ukrainian Power

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Primitive Cover Artwork

Canadian Radio and Television Recordings

...a work in progress. many titles on the site need to be added to this room....

Trains

The Normand Hudon Collection

This collection features the collected works of album cover art by Normand Hudon. So far, I have found 16 titles. Born in Montreal in 1929, Normand Hudon studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montreal and then at the Academy Montmartre in Paris (1949). In the French capital , he ...

Famous Canadians

.....media/news driven of course.....

Canadian Oddities

....oddball and obscure.....

Canadian Monsters