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2020's

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MOCM ALBUM HOF

This is a special place for MOCM featured artists whom are amongst Canada's most important contributors to Canadian music. Here lies their greatest album, in the opinion of Robert Williston.

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Albums

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

Artistes Féminines Québécoises

Created November 8, 2023 this collection under development.

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 ...

Canadian Women in Song

A lovely collection of Canadian women musicians and 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 Lightfoot!

This collection includes all of Gordon Lightfoot's recordings from the years 1961 to 1967. Born on November 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ontario, Lightfoot started out as a country dancer on CBC's Country Hoedown, appearing regularly on the weekly variety show from 1960-62 where he clog danced and harmonized. "The only ...

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 ...

Debbie Lori Kaye - Sweetheart Of The Sault

Debbie Lori Kaye - The Little Girl with the Big Voice Sweetheart of the Sault By Robert Williston April 5, 2025 Deborah Kaye, known professionally as Debbie Lori Kaye, was a diminutive dynamo, a singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose soaring voice and magnetic charm made her a standout figure in ...

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

The Timeless Legacy of Don Stagg and Eric Simpson: Pioneers of Sonic Exploration In the realm of Canadian music history, few collaborations have captured the imagination quite like those of Don Stagg and Eric Simpson. Spanning decades, their artistic partnership has given rise to some of the most innovative and ...

Jack Grunsky: A Musical Journey Across Continents

Childhood in Toronto Born in Austria, Jack Grunsky was raised in Toronto, Canada, where his parents, both musicians, instilled in him a deep love for music. The Grunsky household resonated with melodies as Jack honed his skills through lessons in cello, piano, and recorder. However, during his high school years, ...

Jay Telfer

Toronto singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jay Telfer is arguably best known for his work with 1960s rock group, A Passing Fancy, and for penning Steel River’s hit, “Ten Pound Note”. Starting out with folk group, The Voyageurs at the age of 14, Telfer befriended future Bruce Cockburn manager Bernie Finkelstein, who ...

Lloyd Hanson

Lloyd Hanson is a Canadian bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer, and recording engineer whose work has profoundly shaped the Canadian music landscape. Based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Hanson is the founder of Reel North Recording Studios, a former hub of creative innovation in Atlantic Canada. Renowned for his stylistic diversity ...

Roy Payne - A Reflection

IMHO - Roy Absalom Payne, born April 3, 1939 A Reflection for the Museum of Canadian Music Snowden Walters, December, 2010 If you do an online search for Roy Payne you won’t find a lot. A few entries that say he’s a guy from Trout River, Newfoundland & Labrador. A ...

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 ...

Raymond Materick

Raymond George Materick (born April 15, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, from Brantford, Ontario who particularly was well-appreciated in the mid-late 1970s, who continues to perform. He is best known for writing and performing "Linda Put the Coffee On", a major hit single in both Canada and the USA in ...

Pierre Perpall

Pierre Perpall – The Chameleon of Canadian Music Pierre Perpall is a Canadian musical icon whose career spans over six decades of soul, pop, disco, and dancefloor magic. Born in Montreal in 1948 to a black American jazz musician father and a Québécoise mother, Perpall’s mixed heritage and early exposure ...

Rick St. Jean

At just 17, Rick St. Jean embarked on his professional music career in Montreal, establishing and collaborating with various bands like The Munks and Freedom North. His musical pursuits took him to Japan alongside Eddie Kaye and Bob Burgess (of The Haunted), who subsequently became his sister's husband. Upon returning ...

100 Years of Phil Nimmons

Clarinet-playing bandleader Phil Nimmons was the dean of Canadian jazz Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail, April 18, 2024 On Oct. 6, 2010, at age 87, jazz clarinetist Phil Nimmons performed a concert of improvised music with pianist David Braid at Petro-Canada Hall in St. John’s. The finale, Falling Through, combined ...

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 ...

Dutch + Garrett Mason Prime Minister & Son

Here is the only place you will find practically every Dutch and Garrett Mason track ever recorded. Hit shuffle a few times, hit play, sit back and listen to the best Nova Scotian and Canadian bluesmen! Dutch (b Norman) Mason. Singer, guitarist, pianist, b Lunenburg, NS, 19 Feb 1938, d ...

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, ...

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. ...

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.

Condor Records

Condor Records brought their catalogue to citizenfreak.com in 2017 - it is a unique Canadian record label base in Burnaby, British Columbia that featured Jack Millman aka Johnny Kitchen, a pseudonym for Larry Fischer.

Hard Rock des Habitants

134 Records, 719 Tracks, 1,000's of photos! Dive deep into the raw, unfiltered sounds of Montreal’s underground hard rock and psychedelic scene from the 60s and 70s. A time when fuzzed-out guitars, heavy blues riffs, and mind-expanding jams thundered through Quebec’s clubs and college halls. This collection brings together essential ...

$1000 Record Club

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

Bob Bryden

Canadian music veteran, Bob Bryden (‘Reign Ghost’, ‘Christmas’) has two new releases coming in 2023. One is a 5 song electric EP entitled ‘Transcendental Misinformation’ and the other is a full double album called ‘No Song Left Behind - The Acoustic Album’. The former release features Bob once again working ...

BIG HAIR

Ray St. Germain

On Jun 25th, 2024 Canada and the Métis community mourned the loss of Ray St. Germain, a cherished advocate and musician whose influence spanned generations. Since our connection in 2012, citizenfreak.com has proudly featured his music, celebrating his remarkable recording career. His music reflects his enduring legacy and profound impact ...

Mary Saxton's Soul

Here is nearly every Mary Saxton recording. Mary Saxton’s Soulful Strut Edmonton of the mid-20th century was a breeding ground for musical talent. Like many large and small cities across the country and the world, the birth of rock & roll in the 1950's and mainstream explosion of the early ...

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 and all things that make us unique and free. ...

Robert Service

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

Haunted Halloween Canadian Style

Here is the ultimate Canadian horror soundtrack.

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Rarest Canadian Music

Ruth Lowe

Ruth Lowe (m Cohen, m Sandler). Songwriter, pianist, b Toronto, of US-Canadian parents, 12 Aug 1914, naturalized US 1937, naturalized Canadian 1942, d Toronto 4 Jan 1981. After living in her early teens in California, she became a songplugger, playing piano in Toronto music stores at 16, promoting the sale ...

Ukrainian Power

The Toronto Jazz Scene

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

The Montreal Jazz Scene

Montréal was one of the few places in North America where you could still buy alcohol legally. The city’s unofficial theme song was the 1928 Irving Berlin Co. chart topper “Hello Montréal!”, which summed up the sentiments of thirsty tourists: “Goodbye Broadway, hello Montréal / I’m on my way, I’m ...

The Winnipeg Scene 1964-1974

Created Jul 11, 2023 - Here is an overview of one of Canadas hottest music scenes ever, the vibrant rock music scene of Winnipeg, Manitoba circa 1964 - 1974. Around 140 records and 500 photos so far! Check back as more is added.....

Winston Hewitt's Reggae

Hewitt is considered one of the top reggae artists in Canada. In addition to being the creator of the "Canadian Reggae Music Awards" in 1985, Winston is the original lead singer and one of the founding members of one of Jamaica's top international reggae vocal group 'The Pioneers'. Hewitt, working ...

MOCM Top 1000 Canadian Singles

Yé-Yé

Yé-Yé music and related Montreal instrumental rock and roll combos

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