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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Blondahl, Omar	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat	Generation Hand Down	Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs	05:41
Scammel, Arthur R.	Tommy Decker's Venture	My Newfoundland	05:20
Oster, Al	Phantom of the Arctic	Northland Ballads	03:08
Heywood, Earl	The Weding of Club Foot Bill	Tales of the Donnelly Feud	01:54
Peacock, Ken	Jimmy Whalen	Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland	04:27
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	Tommy Banks - The Picnic at Groshaut	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	02:42
Phillips, Stu	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Blondahl, Omar	John Yetman	Songs of Sea and Shore	01:28
Phillips, Stu	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves)	Newfoundland Moose Hunt (The Night We Shot Paddy Duncan's Horse)	Side by Each	02:48
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
MacIsaac, Hector	Sir Edmund Walker Head	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	02:48
Clark, Larena	The Wreck Of The Asia	Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song	01:54
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	Tommy Banks - Dowie To His Mother	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	02:44
MacIsaac, Hector	The Roman Line - Reprise	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	00:55
Compilation	Charlie Panigoniak - Jingle Bells	Nitjautiit Vol .2	02:17
Clark, Larena	My Delia Dear	Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song	01:22
MacIsaac, Hector	Stagecoach (Narration)	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	00:32
Tiller's Folly	Voyageur	Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia	04:23
Conroy, Charles "Whitewater"	The Ballad of Woodfibre	The Ballad of Woodfibre b/w Bennett's Railroad Song	02:13
Tiller's Folly	Richard Moody	Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia	05:09
Karr, Hank	Keebird Song	Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads	02:44
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Heywood, Earl	One More on Satan's Side	Tales of the Donnelly Feud	03:09
Compilation	Colette Bonheur - Violettes des champs	12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957	02:15
Blondahl, Omar	If I Were A Blackbird	Favourite Folk Songs	02:55
MacIsaac, Hector	Settling In (Narration)	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	01:11
Compilation	Dominique Michel - Sur l'perron	12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957	03:00
Noble, Geoff	The St. Roch	Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia	04:31
MacIsaac, Hector	The Rise of the Vigilantes (Narration)	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	00:50
Noble, Geoff	The Bands of Steel	Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia	03:56
Compilation	Lucille Dumont - Mon Saint-Laurent, si grand, si grand	12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957	03:43
Blondahl, Omar	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Blondahl, Omar	Black Flies Of Ontario	Favourite Folk Songs	03:31
Peacock, Ken	Bonnie Banks of the Virgie-O	Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland	03:25
Bedore, Bernard Vance	The Hornets and the Fence Posts	The Hornets and the Fence Posts b/w Along the Opeongo/ Fiery Kate and Dickory Dan (picture sleeve)	05:08
Phillips, Stu	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Compilation	Charlie Adams - Unikkaapunga	Nitjautiit Vol .2	02:14
Louise, Ola	Train Song	Sasquatch b/w Train Song	02:19
Drumlin	Sailor Boy	Mackerel Skies	03:45
Meehan, Leonard	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
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	00:19
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	Tommy Banks - Our Island Home	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	01:53
Peacock, Ken	Drill, Ye Heroes, Drill!	Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland	02:06
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
MacIsaac, Hector	Tom, Write Me a Letter	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	02:34
Noble, Geoff	The Fisgard Lighthouse	Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia	02:56
Compilation	William Tagoona - Inutulunga	Nitjautiit Vol .2	03:03
Plotnikoff, Serge	British Columbia	Beautiful British Columbia	02:20
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	John Cousins - The Boys of the Island	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	01:52
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Clemens, Lucinda	Un jour la petite - The Fraudulent Confession	Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis	01:33
Drumlin	The Twa Brothers	Mackerel Skies	04:03
Boire, Dave	The Legend of 12 Foot	Up in Alaska Land b/w The Legend of 12 Foot	02:26
MacIsaac, Hector	Here in the Wilderness	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	03:37
Blondahl, Omar	Trade Winds	Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song	03:23
Peacock, Ken	Woman of Dover - Woman from Dover	Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland	01:21
Buckna, Pat & Jim Green	Everybody Knows About the Arctic	Flint and Steel: Poetry and Music from the Northwest Territories (re-issue)	02:25
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat	The Watchmen	Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs	04:18
MacIsaac, Hector	Enter William Donnelly (Narration)	The Legend of the Black Donnelly's	00:15
Oster, Al	Echo of the Yukon	Yukon Ballads	02:53
Compilation	Peter and Susan Aningmiuq - Ataatagaina	Nitjautiit Vol .2	03:07
Oxner, Diane	The Nova Scotia Song	Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia	03:21
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat	Salaw	Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs	05:59
Clemens, Lucinda	J'en ai dit donc - The Emigrant's Goodbye	Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis	03:15
Blondahl, Omar	Farmer's Curs't Wife	Favourite Folk Songs	02:54
Lauzon, Paul & The River String Band	Sicilian Dance	Songs & Dances of New Brunswick	02:07
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Ballads	03:23
Compilation	Ross Laidley - Ballad of the Beaver	Ballads of British Columbia (musical postcard picture sleeve)	02:11
Hemsworth, Wade	The Black Fly Song (vocal Wade Hemsworth with Kate & Anna McGarrigle)	The Land of the Muskeg	04:01
Meehan, Leonard	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Blondahl, Omar	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Compilation	William Tagoona - Pisupalaupunga	Nitjautiit Vol .2	02:45
Compilation	Colette Bonheur - Mon p'tit caporal	12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957	03:00
Plotnikoff, Serge	Was Lady Lucky Beside You	Beautiful British Columbia	02:51
Heywood, Earl	Granny Bell (The Fortune Teller)	Tales of the Donnelly Feud	02:13
Compilation	Fran Dowie - Century Sam	Ballads of British Columbia (musical postcard picture sleeve)	02:00
Heywood, Earl	Sweet Maggie Thompson	Tales of the Donnelly Feud	02:50
Blondahl, Omar	The H'emm'r Jane	Songs of Sea and Shore	02:36
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves)	Squid Jiggin' Time in Hampton Town	Side by Each	02:35
Karr, Hank	Yukon Book of Memories	Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads	03:55
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves)	The Ballad of Mosey Burns	Side by Each	03:31
Noble, Geoff	Fort Langley	Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia	04:12
Banks, Tommy and John Cousins	John Cousins - Uncle Dan	A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs	01:11
Compilation	Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 04	Nitjautiit Vol .2	00:28
Peacock, Ken	Green Shores of Fogo	Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland	02:39
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat	Beginner Gambling Song	Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs	02:22
Tiller's Folly	McCulloch's Wonder	Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia	04:52
Compilation	The Barkin' Kettle - The Young Doctor - Kerry Polka	Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador	03:13
Compilation	Robert L'Herbier - Les étoiles	12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957	03:58
Lauzon, Paul & The River String Band	Peter Emberley	Songs & Dances of New Brunswick	03:57
Heywood, Earl	Two Big Brothers	Tales of the Donnelly Feud	01:32
Plotnikoff, Serge	North Wind Blowing	Beautiful British Columbia	02:20
Hemsworth, Wade	Foolish You (vocals Kate & Anna McGarrigle)	The Land of the Muskeg	03:19
Oster, Al	Northland	Northland Ballads	02:37
Oster, Al	Arctic Eskimo	Northland Ballads	02:27
Blondahl, Omar	Sable Island	Songs of Sea and Shore	02:10
Oster, Al	Paddle Wheeler	Northland Ballads	03:30
Blondahl, Omar	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31

Folklore

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

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Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves) - Side by Each

Peacock, Ken - Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland

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Oster, Al - Northland Ballads

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Scammel, Arthur R. - My Newfoundland

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

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Hemsworth, Wade - The Land of the Muskeg

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Phillips, Stu - A Visit to British Columbia

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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

Vigneault, Gilles - Mon pays

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

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

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

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

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Tiller's Folly - A Ripple in Time

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

Watkins, Reg - Newfoundland Mummers comp

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

Mills, Alan - Folkloriquement Vôtre

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

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)

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

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Blondahl, Omar - Songs of Sea and Shore

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Plotnikoff, Serge - Beautiful British Columbia

Dempster, Linda - Folklore In Song

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

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

Karr, Hank - Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads

FEATURED

Buddy Wasisname & the Other Fellers - Flatout

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