Folk

Canadian folk is some of the finest in the world—and it’s no wonder why. In a country as vast, diverse, and open-hearted as Canada, our music reflects the people who call it home. Rooted in tradition but unafraid to evolve, Canadian folk draws from a rich blend of cultures, histories, and voices. We’ve got fewer hang-ups and a whole lot of stories to tell. So hit play, sit back, and enjoy our fabulous folking culture—honest, heartfelt, and uniquely our own.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Gene MacLellan	Shilo Song	Lonesome River	02:24
Snowden Walters	Holes	Migration Songs	03:22
Bim (Roy Forbes)	Right After My Heart	CBC Comp 410 comp	02:35
David Francey	Saints and Sinners	Torn Screen Door	02:47
Valdy	Old Home Place	Valdy & the Hometown Band	02:47
Dalton Belaire	Confederation	Confederation b/w Happy Song	02:28
Barbara Gryfe	The Great White Horse	The Great White Horse b/w Sunday Morning Christian (with Sean Dunphy)	04:15
Sharky Schauer & Chris	Blue Hill	Moonlit Mountain Melodies	02:28
Derek MacNeill	Misery	Geography of the Mind	03:12
Rick Jones	Street Without A Name	Hiya Maya	04:06
Ryan's Fancy	Butcher Boy	Newfoundland Drinking Songs	04:33
Valdy	Blister	Valdy & the Hometown Band	03:04
Howie Vickers	Do it Yourself	Wake Up Jesus b/w Do it Yourself	02:15
Corb Lund	Priceless Antique Pistol Shoots Startled Owner	Cabin Fever	03:59
Jopi Arnaituk ᔫᐱ ᐊᕐᓀᑐᖅ	Terrified Government Stomp	Jigs & Reels with Mark Papigatuk	01:22
Charlie Ewing	Deadwood South Dakota	Buffalo Horses	05:02
Bruce MacKay	Someones' Woman	Bruce Mackay Is	02:17
Philippe B (Philippe Bergeron)	Avant/Après	Cigale	02:46
Ian Tamblyn	Sara Monday	Closer to Home	03:10
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Silhouette	The Prisoner	03:01
Mary Barry	Southside Hills of Home	Legendary	04:08
Gordon Lightfoot	Long River	Lightfoot!	02:49
David Francey	Over You	The Waking Hour	03:01
Perth County Conspiracy	Hurdy-Gurdy Man	ST	04:38
Doug McArthur	The Morning I Left Galway	Tears Like Rain	03:35
Cara Luft	Down by the Water	Tempting the Storm	03:41
Bonnie Dobson	Rainy Windows	ST	02:40
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Buddy Gale	Irish Green	Pretty Lady	02:47
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Compilation	Raffi - Good Luck Boy	CBC Comp 402	01:37
Dwayne Ford	No Comfort	Dwayne Ford Extras (Special Edition)	03:29
Bob Wiseman	Who Am I	Theme and Variations	05:42
David Francey	Ashtabula	The Waking Hour	03:12
Tumasi Quissa	Ummatinuvanga	Tumassi Quitsaq	02:35
Skip Evans	Guitar Pickin' Man	Guitar Pickin' Man	03:05
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Ballads	03:23
Ray Materick	Talkin' About You	Common Man Cool	02:42
Corb Lund	Spookin' the Horses	Songs My Friends Wrote	04:10
A.S. Kang & Priti	Pipi Kare Jawani	Jumna Kande	02:29
JP Cormier	Another Morning	Another Morning	03:50
Brazda Brothers	Gemini	ST	03:38
Richard Stepp	You on My Mind	Green Lake Mostly Unplugged	02:47
John Wort Hannam	Digger's Lament	Two Bit Suit	03:13
Charlie Adams	Quviasupunga	Quviasupunga	03:31
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	The Twelfth of July	Folk Music of Ontario	02:23
Noah Zacharin	Softly, Slowly	Crow Dark Wind	02:38
Linda McRae	Hoot and Holler	Cryin' Out Loud	04:40
The Whiskey Jerks	Double-Buckled Dusty Mary Janes	Solid Gold	04:44
Cathy Young	Circus	A Spoonful of Cathy	03:00
Ian Tyson	Interview - Ian Tyson Ryder Mix Part Two	Interview - Ian Tyson Ryder Mix	48:20
Peter D'amico	Next Stop Home	Nicotine & Cold Coffee	04:58
Laura Vinson	Rise And Shine	Many Moons Ago	03:05
Beth Cole Anne	He Moved Through the Fair	Toronto Singer	02:24
Northern Lights (2)	Dry Ice	Vancouver Dreaming	02:45
Bonnie Dobson	Dink’s Song	Dear Companion	03:01
Doug Rutledge	It's About Time	ST	02:04
Cat Clyde	Where is My Love	Mud Blood Bone	03:19
David Campbell	Sun Wheel	Sun Wheel	00:19
Joni Mitchell	Dark As A Dungeon	Live at The Half Beat, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada Oct 21, 1964	04:04
Catherine McKinnon	Wild Geese	Something Old Something New	03:42
Corb Lund	Spanish Armada	Unforgiving Mistress	03:26
Derek Scott Markle	House Song	ST	03:38
Islanders Two	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Personally Yours	03:53
Charlie Russell	The Bricklin II	The Bricklin b/w The Bricklin II	02:59
Simon St. Pierre and the Dukes of Bluegrass ‎	Golden Wedding Reel	The Joys Of Québec	02:29
Riverson	Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart)	Eleanor Rigby b/w Can't Live Without You	03:07
Bruce Cockburn	Musical Friends	ST	02:58
Joshua Hyslop	Hallelujah	Where The Mountain Meets The Valley	04:21
Larry Towell	River Song (Ode to the Sydenham)	Feather and Bones	02:48
Nancy Ryan	Va, Terry, Va	Run, Terry, Run b/w Va, Terry, Va	02:56
T. Buckley	Before I get to Turn Around	Frame By Frame	04:48
Richard White	At Close of Day	Sun Over Darkness Prevail	03:33
Laura Vinson	Voices on the Wind	It Reminds Me	07:15
A. Frank Willis	649	Great Big Moose (in the middle of the road)	03:28
D'arcy Wickham	Only Tryin to Say Goodbye	Feather Fingers	05:38
Al Oster	Unfortunate Miner	Yukon Ballads	03:26
Mike McLuskey	Mr. Bojangles	Rich Man Hobo	03:36
Steve Karliski	Gotta Keep Movin'	Gotta Keep Movin'	02:19
Gordon Lightfoot	Malka and Joso - Erev Shel Shoshanim	Folk Songs by Malka & Joso with Adam Timoon & Gordon Lightfoot comp	02:48
Jeremy Dormouse	fly around my pretty little miss	Toad Rejects	02:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Sidu (Grandmother)	Spontaneous Combustion	06:07
Jack Schechtman	Criss Crossing	Criss Crossing	03:21
Whitehorse	Dad's Aren’t Suppose to Cry	Newfie Boogie II	03:34
Tanya Tagaq	Qimiruluapik	Sinaa	02:04
Shari Ulrich	By the Grace of Goodbye	Find Our Way	03:51
Michel Choquette R.	Staff-House Reveille	Songs of Murray Bay: Sur La Côte	01:49
Lennie Gallant	Blood and Salt Water	Time Travel	04:56
Terry Tufts	In the Language of Love	Music Museum #1	04:38
Blind Owl	Song To the Wind	ST	03:06
John Lyle	We Must Be Patient (John Murray: electric guitar)	Normal at Both Ends	03:20
J.J. Garnett	Memories of My Hometown	With Thanks From Me To You	04:45
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Buddy Gale	Rainbow Dream	Pretty Lady	03:11
Grievous Angels	Gordie and My Old Man	One Job Town	03:35
Beatrice Deer	Cannibal	Shifting	02:47
Tom Mawhinney	Blow, the Wind - English Oak	Lucky Be We	04:45
Gordon Lightfoot	Steel Rail Blues	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	02:53
Skoocum & Co.	Haywire Highrigger	Volume 1	03:54
Cliff Edwards	Less than a Song	Singer of Songs	03:09

Folk

Tracks

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Don Freed - The Valley of Green and Blue

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Don Freed - Live ARR!

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Free Spirit - ST

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Calamity Brothers - In an Ancient Chest

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Calamity Brothers - This Is My Island b/w Something to Sing About

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Wally Walklin - Sings

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Wally Walklin - Blue Shuswap Waters b/w My Baby's Crazy About Me

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Ian Tyson - Interview - Ian Tyson Ryder Mix

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The Voyageurs - The Voyageurs b/w You Can Have Her

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Backporch Banjo - What a Difference a Day Makes

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Winston Wuttunee - Full Circle (Family Songs and Memories, with Eric Wuttunee)

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Winston Wuttunee - When the Sun Sets Over the World

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Winston Wuttunee - Handsome Warrior

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Winston Wuttunee - Songs Of The Northwest

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Winston Wuttunee - Goosed by a Moose

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Winston Wuttunee - Reminiscing

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Winston Wuttunee - Song of the Arctic b/w The Bucksaw Jig

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Winston Wuttunee - See the Arrow

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Keray Regan - Sings

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Moonstone - ST

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Merrick & Kathy Jarrett - Singalong: Folk Songs For Children

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Snooky With The Town And Country featuring Gord Boal - To Get to You b/w Bluenose

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Harry Panday - A Dance Explosion

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Donna Wilhelm - The Favorites

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Tommy Hunter - Mississauga

Compilation - The Prince Edward Island Style of Fiddling: Volume 2 - Fiddlers of Eastern Prince Edward Island

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Melissa Pedersen - Changin' Feathers b/w Letter from a Border Town

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Bob Ruzicka - Loose Talk

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The Whiskey Jerks - Solid Gold

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The Whiskey Jerks - Baba Was A Bootlegger

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