Folklore

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.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Stu Phillips The Banff Cave Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Hector MacIsaac Vigilantes The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Drumlin Madam, You Came Courting Mackerel Skies
Omar Blondahl When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Mummers Irish Washer Woman Newfoundland Mummers
Arthur Scammel R. Bake Apple Jam My Newfoundland
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Omar Blondahl The Southern Cross The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Compilation Peter and Susan Aningmiuq - Quviasutiaqpalauqpunga Nitjautiit Vol .2
Tiller's Folly The Electric Railway Line Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia
Stu Phillips The Winter Camp Visit Old Québec
Compilation Etulu Itidlui - Ananaga Inujunirmat Nitjautiit Vol .2
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Tommy Banks 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
Newfoundland Mummers Mummers Jig (Don McLean) Newfoundland Mummers
Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat Cariboustick Gambling Song Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Hector MacIsaac Disaster at Maloneys The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Compilation Fran Dowie - Fraser Boat Song Ballads of British Columbia (musical postcard picture sleeve)
Reg Watkins Mummers Song Newfoundland Mummers comp
Wade Hemsworth My Mother Is the Ocean Sea (vocals Kate & Anna McGarrigle) The Land of the Muskeg
Diane Oxner The Bluenose Song Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia
Ken Peacock Drill, Ye Heroes, Drill! Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Serge Plotnikoff Moon of Summer Beautiful British Columbia
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) The Railroad Boy Folk Music of Ontario
Al Oster Phantom of the Arctic Northland Ballads
Stu Phillips The Grand Hotel A Visit to British Columbia
Omar Blondahl She's Like The Swallow Favourite Folk Songs
Aimé Mignault Thème de Lara ST
Omar Blondahl Ballad Of The Frank Slide Favourite Folk Songs
Lucinda Clemens Un jour la petite - The Fraudulent Confession Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Omar Blondahl Sally Brown Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Lucinda Clemens J'en ai dit donc - The Emigrant's Goodbye Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Hector MacIsaac Tom, Write Me a Letter The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Compilation Dominique Michel - Sur l'perron 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Ladies & Escorts CP Transcontinental CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song
Compilation Emile Benoit - Roaming Scott - Welcome To Holiday Inn Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Stu Phillips Almighty Voice Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Ken Peacock Woman of Dover - Woman from Dover Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Geoff Noble Captain George Vancouver Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat A Love Song Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hank Karr Yukon Book of Memories Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Newfoundland Mummers Muddy Musk Newfoundland Mummers
Stu Phillips Madeleine de vecheres Visit Old Québec
Drumlin Sailor Boy Mackerel Skies
Gerry Formanger (Gerry Reeves) Lonesome for Newfoundland Side by Each
Omar Blondahl Bonavist Harbour 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Al Oster Twilight in the Yukon Northland Ballads
Al Oster Irena Cheyenne Yukon Ballads
Omar Blondahl Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Wade Hemsworth The Land of the Muskeg (vocal Murray McLauchlan) The Land of the Muskeg
Ken Peacock Hard Times Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Compilation Phillis Noseworthy - The Wings of an Eagle Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat Taan Mun: Lake Laberge Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Lucinda Clemens Petits enfants - An Old Man's Request Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Hector MacIsaac The Roman Line - Reprise The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Tiller's Folly Richard Moody Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia
Omar Blondahl The Ship That Never Returned Songs of Sea and Shore
Pat Buckna & Jim Green One Way to Think About the Arctic Flint and Steel: Poetry and Music from the Northwest Territories (re-issue)
Compilation Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 05 Nitjautiit Vol .2
Stu Phillips The Okanagan Valley A Visit to British Columbia
Al Oster '98 Trail Yukon Ballads
Tiller's Folly The Ghost of Simon Fraser Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia
Diane Oxner The Bold Fisherman Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia
Geoff Noble The S.S. Beaver Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Stu Phillips The Horse Trader Visit Old Québec
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) The Golden Vanity Folk Music of Ontario
Compilation Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 03 Nitjautiit Vol .2
Al Oster Paddle Wheeler Northland Ballads
Omar Blondahl Harbour le Cou Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Drumlin The Sea Captain Mackerel Skies
Serge Plotnikoff Creston Valley Beautiful British Columbia
Ola Louise Sasquatch Sasquatch b/w Train Song
Aimé Mignault Big John McNeil ST
Aimé Mignault Le breakdown de Ned Landry ST
Compilation Pamela Morgan - The Southern Cross Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Al Oster Klondike Cattle Drive Northland Ballads
Gerry Formanger (Gerry Reeves) Money Musk Side by Each
Gerry Formanger (Gerry Reeves) Headed for Cape Breton Side by Each
Compilation Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 08 Nitjautiit Vol .2
Compilation Lucille Dumont - Mon Saint-Laurent, si grand, si grand 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Hector MacIsaac The Roman Line The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Compilation Etulu Itidlui - Ajursanartumik Nitjautiit Vol .2
Al Oster Arctic Eskimo Northland Ballads
Omar Blondahl Mr. Frog Would A'wooing Go Favourite Folk Songs
Linda Dempster She's Like The Swallow Folklore In Song
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Compilation Rollande Des Ormeaux - Si tu voulais 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat Towhata Lake Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Hector MacIsaac We Donnelly Men The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Serge Plotnikoff Was Lady Lucky Beside You Beautiful British Columbia
Aimé Mignault Valse Espagnole ST
Al Oster Echo of the Yukon Yukon Ballads
Omar Blondahl Lukey's Boat Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Hector MacIsaac Retributive Justice (Narration) The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Al Oster My Book of Yukon Memories Yukon Ballads
Stu Phillips Mountain Boy A Visit to British Columbia
Drumlin Down in Old Ireland Mackerel Skies

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Compilation

16 Songs of Newfoundland

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland BACK

Folk Music of Ontario

Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Edith Fowke - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Edith Fowke

Visit Old Québec

Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

A Visit to British Columbia

Phillips, Stu

Side by Each

Gerry Formanger - Side by Each LABEL 02

Gerry Formanger - Side by Each LABEL 01

Gerry Formanger - Side by Each (Country CS 6022) BACK

Newfoundland Mummers

Newfoundland Mummers

Newfoundland Mummers - ST LABEL 02

Newfoundland Mummers - ST LABEL 01

Newfoundland Mummers - Newfoundland Mummers

Nitjautiit Vol .2

Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia

Noble, Geoff

Yukon Ballads

Northland Ballads

Oster, Al

Mills, Alan

12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957

A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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