Artist Spotlight

Formed in 1992 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Hardship Post began simply as friends playing music together. Led by vocalist and guitarist Sebastian Lippa, with Matt Clarke on drum...

Michie Mee is known within the music industry for her unique rap style of combining reggae and dancehall with hiphop. Many successful artists have followed in Michie’s footsteps...

Mendelson Joe – Bluesman, Outsider, Truth-Teller

Mendelson Joe was never just one thing. Over the course of six decades he carved out an eccentric, fiercely independent caree...

Pat Hervey: Canada's Little Giant of Song
Born in Toronto on February 20, 1943, Pat Hervey grew up small in stature but big in voice. A natural performer from the time she coul...

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found insp...

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 dan...

Ben McPeek was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, and music industry entrepreneur whose work bridged orchestral composition, popular recording, advertising music...

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.

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 1990...

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...

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 Doir...

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 quit...

Guido Basso was one of the most important and distinctive brass voices in Canadian music, whose career spanned jazz, television, studio recording, big band leadership, and popul...

Frank Ludwig is one of Canadian rock’s most versatile and underrated architects—a gifted keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter whose career spans garage beginnings, platinum rad...

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 househo...

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 w...

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’...

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...

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 i...

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 ...

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...

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 A...

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 Scoti...

bio forthcoming....

The Zaza Sound documents the breadth of Paul Zaza’s musical output, encompassing film and television scoring, soundtrack releases, record productions, session work, and studio r...

Joe Mock started playing folk music in the 60's while in college. With a handful of chords, a sense of rhythm, an inherited love of music and some fine friends, a trio was forme...

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...

Judy Tate: Harmony, Humour, and the Hidden Life of a Studio Singer By Robert Williston, Nov 21, 2025
Judy Tate grew up in a house where music was more a language than an activi...

Here is nearly every Mary Saxton recording.

Mary Saxton: Canada's Northern Soul Voice

Mary Saxton emerged from Edmonton, Alberta in the 1960s as one of Canada’s most compe...

Known as the “Bard of the Yukon,” Robert Service (1874–1958) was one of Canada’s most beloved poets, famed for his vivid, rhythmic tales of the northern frontier. His narrative ...

Born in Toronto in 1914, Ruth Lowe was a pioneering Canadian songwriter and pianist best known for penning the iconic ballad “I’ll Never Smile Again.” Originally broadcast by Pe...

This room is dedicated to Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. As one of the architects of Confederation, his legacy—complex and far-reaching—continues to shape...

This room is a tribute to the most inspirational Canadian—a symbol of courage, determination, and hope. Terry Fox celebrates the enduring legacy of a young man who set out to ru...

The Laurie Bower Singers – Canada’s Studio Soundtrack

The story of the Laurie Bower Singers is less about chart hits than it is about presence. For more than two decades, the...

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...

Franki Hart is a multifaceted Canadian vocalist, instrumentalist, and songwriter whose musical journey spans folk, psych-rock, studio pop, and modern jazz. Her voice—a mix of ra...

This collection honours the trailblazers—the artists who dared to do something different and, in many cases, were the first to do it in Canadian music. From genre-defining innov...

This collection features the album cover artwork of celebrated Montreal artist Normand Hudon, with 16 titles identified so far. Known for his vivid style and irreverent humour, ...

This room celebrates the household names, national icons, and international stars who put Canadian talent on the map. Famous Canadians features artists whose voices, songs, and ...