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
Omar Blondahl Squid Jiggin' Ground Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Lucinda Clemens Les voyageurs sont arrivés - The Return of the Betrayed Husband Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat MacMillan River Love Song Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Drumlin Homeward Bound Mackerel Skies
Arthur Scammel R. Tommy Decker's Venture My Newfoundland
Compilation Michel Noël - Le voyage de noces 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Serge Plotnikoff Was Lady Lucky Beside You Beautiful British Columbia
Omar Blondahl Green Flowers - O Songs of Sea and Shore
Omar Blondahl The Master Watch The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Omar Blondahl Harbour le Cou Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Tiller's Folly Twenty-Three Camels Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia
Compilation Etulu Itidlui - Kisiani Inuit Nitjautiit Vol .2
Drumlin The Sea Captain Mackerel Skies
Ken Peacock Lots of Fish in Bonavist' Harbor Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Geoff Noble The Cariboo Fusiliers Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Omar Blondahl If I Were A Blackbird Favourite Folk Songs
Hank Karr '98 Trail Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Wade Hemsworth The Black Fly Song (vocal Wade Hemsworth with Kate & Anna McGarrigle) The Land of the Muskeg
Stu Phillips The Village Blacksmith Visit Old Québec
Earl Heywood Granny Bell (The Fortune Teller) Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Stu Phillips En Roulant Ma Boule Visit Old Québec
Stu Phillips The Chief's Lament Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Omar Blondahl Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Stu Phillips Bill Miner Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Hector MacIsaac Ride, WIlliam, Ride! The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Earl Heywood Two Big Brothers Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Al Oster Echo of the Yukon Yukon Ballads
Larena Clark My Delia Dear Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song
Larena Clark The Drunkard's Daughter Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song
Dave Boire The Legend of 12 Foot Up in Alaska Land b/w The Legend of 12 Foot
Omar Blondahl Sable Island Songs of Sea and Shore
Paul Lauzon & The River String Band The Restigouche Shore Songs & Dances of New Brunswick
Ken Peacock The Loss of the 'Eliza' Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Paul Lauzon & The River String Band Le Coeur ne vieillit pas Songs & Dances of New Brunswick
Omar Blondahl John Yetman Songs of Sea and Shore
Wade Hemsworth The Log Jam Song (vocal Wade Hemsworth) The Land of the Muskeg
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) In Bristol There Lived a Fair Lady Folk Music of Ontario
Wade Hemsworth My Mother Is the Ocean Sea (vocals Kate & Anna McGarrigle) The Land of the Muskeg
Ladies & Escorts Somebody Robbed the CPR CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song
Gerry Formanger (Gerry Reeves) Money Musk Side by Each
Diane Oxner The Bluenose Song Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia
Paul Lauzon & The River String Band Saint John Flow Softly Songs & Dances of New Brunswick
Earl Heywood Three Candles in the Window Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Serge Plotnikoff Creston Valley Beautiful British Columbia
Earl Heywood The Night They Shot John Donnelly Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Aimé Mignault Valse Rangers ST
Compilation Charlie Panigoniak - Niuvimi - Too Busy Nitjautiit Vol .2
Compilation Etulu Itidlui - Surusiutillunga Nitjautiit Vol .2
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Drumlin Stormy Weather Boys Mackerel Skies
Omar Blondahl Lukey's Boat 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Stu Phillips Fraser's Highway A Visit to British Columbia
Stu Phillips Ernest Cashel Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Compilation William Tagoona - Inutulunga Nitjautiit Vol .2
Wade Hemsworth The Wild Goose (vocal Wade Hemsworth) The Land of the Muskeg
Hector MacIsaac Disaster at Maloneys The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Compilation Lucille Dumont - Mon Saint-Laurent, si grand, si grand 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Compilation Tickle Harbour - Staten Island - Sligo Maid - Cooley's Reel Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Omar Blondahl Old Polina Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Stu Phillips The Banff Cave Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Aimé Mignault Thème de Lara ST
Tiller's Folly The Ghost of Kitty O'Reilly A Ripple in Time
Al Oster Klondike Cattle Drive Northland Ballads
Ladies & Escorts Bill Miner Song CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song
Gerry Formanger (Gerry Reeves) Tribute to the Sailors of Newfoundland Side by Each
Big Billy & Sebastian The Ballad of Fred Quilt Goin' Home b/w The Ballad of Fred Quilt
Earl Heywood One More on Satan's Side Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Larena Clark Burns And His Highland Mary Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song
Stu Phillips Catherine O'Hare Schubert A Visit to British Columbia
Compilation Peter and Susan Aningmiuq - Quviasutiaqpalauqpunga Nitjautiit Vol .2
Compilation Phillis Noseworthy - The Wings of an Eagle Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Omar Blondahl Concerning Charlie Horse Songs of Sea and Shore
Al Oster Paddlewheeler Yukon Ballads
Stu Phillips The Horse Trader Visit Old Québec
Omar Blondahl My Little Blue Hen 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Al Oster Paddle Wheeler Northland Ballads
Stu Phillips Almighty Voice Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Al Oster Irena Cheyenne Yukon Ballads
Hank Karr Yukon Book of Memories Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Aimé Mignault La gigue à Carrick ST
Compilation Rufus Guinchard - Out Behind the House - Up the Southern Shore Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Drumlin The Eight Famous Fishermen Mackerel Skies
Compilation Robert L'Herbier - Les étoiles 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Stu Phillips Canada I-O Visit Old Québec
Ernie Prentice with Pat Trudell & Trio I Was Born About 100 Years Ago 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)
Aimé Mignault Reel des patates brûlées ST
Hector MacIsaac Charge it to the Queen (Narration) The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
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 What a Friend We Have in Jesus Newfoundland Mummers
Hector MacIsaac Maggie Thompson The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Al Oster Arctic Eskimo Northland Ballads
Hank Karr Blow Northwind Blow Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Tiller's Folly John Tod Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia
Omar Blondahl Trade Winds Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Wade Hemsworth The Complete Wade Hemsworth Radio Show The Land of the Muskeg
Ken Peacock Bonnie Banks of the Virgie-O Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland

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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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