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
Compilation Michel Noël - Les perceurs de coffres-forts 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Compilation Colette Bonheur - Violettes des champs 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Omar Blondahl My Old Kentucky Home Favourite Folk Songs
Gerry Formanger (Gerry Reeves) The Ballad of Mosey Burns Side by Each
Stu Phillips Canada I-O Visit Old Québec
Aimé Mignault Valse de la pauvre fille ST
Tommy Banks and John Cousins Tommy Banks - Saville The Brave Man A Heritage of Songs Vol. 1: When Johnny Went Plowing for Kearon And Other Traditional Prince Edward Island Folksongs
Compilation Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Love Song Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Tiller's Folly Twenty-Three Camels A Ripple in Time
Drumlin Down in Old Ireland Mackerel Skies
Compilation Billy Assu - Raven Song Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Aimé Mignault Sprout spa ST
Compilation Lucille Dumont - Mon Saint-Laurent, si grand, si grand 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat A Love Song Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Aimé Mignault Thème de Lara ST
Lucinda Clemens Vous voulez me faire chanter - The Drinker's Inheritance Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Compilation Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis) - Madem Song Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Earl Heywood The Ballad of Big Jim Carroll (The Massacre) Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Arthur Scammel R. Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2 Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Stu Phillips When the Ice Worms Nest Again A Visit to British Columbia
Compilation Lem Snow - Newfoundland Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Earl Heywood The Donnelly Circle Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) The Banks of the Don Folk Music of Ontario
Newfoundland Mummers Tribute to Newfoundland Newfoundland Mummers
Drumlin Stormy Weather Boys Mackerel Skies
Compilation Lucille Dumont - Le ciel se marie avec la mer 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Compilation Florence Davidson - Children's Song Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Compilation Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Wolf Song Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast
Compilation Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Wolf Cycle Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Compilation Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 01 Nitjautiit Vol .2
Ladies & Escorts Bill Miner Song CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Serge Plotnikoff Song of the Sea Beautiful British Columbia
Hector MacIsaac Settling In (Narration) The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Arthur Scammel R. Confederation Song My Newfoundland
Omar Blondahl Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Geoff Noble The St. Roch Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Al Oster Arctic Eskimo Northland Ballads
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Ballads
Geoff Noble Heroes of the Sea Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Compilation Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Love Song Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Compilation Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 02 Nitjautiit Vol .2
Al Oster My Yukalaska Girl Northland Ballads
Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat The Watchmen Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ernie Prentice with Pat Trudell & Trio When The Ice Worms Nest Again 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)
Ken Peacock Brown Flour, 1926 Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Gerry Formanger (Gerry Reeves) Lonesome for Newfoundland Side by Each
Compilation Billy Assu - Potlatch Song Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Drumlin Homeward Bound Mackerel Skies
George Hauschild & Carole Penticton Penticton b/w But For Love
Geoff Noble Heroes & Monuments Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
George Hauschild & Carole Yukon Song Yukon Song (split with Earl Hughes)
Bernard Bedore 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)
Ola Louise Sasquatch Sasquatch b/w Train Song
Compilation Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Mountain Song (Tsho Va Da) Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast
Aimé Mignault La valse de Graham ST
Newfoundland Mummers Turkey in the Straw Newfoundland Mummers
Compilation Stanley Hunt - Hamatsa Song Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Compilation Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Old Potlatch Song Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Omar Blondahl Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Drumlin My Irish Girl Mackerel Skies
Arthur Scammel R. Tommy Decker's Venture My Newfoundland
Aimé Mignault Big John McNeil ST
Hector MacIsaac My Name is Johnny O’Connor (Narration) The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Tiller's Folly Ned McGowan's War Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia
Hector MacIsaac Maggie Thompson The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Lucinda Clemens Le départ du soldat - A Soldier Leaves His Girl Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Tiller's Folly Richard Moody Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia
Omar Blondahl Squid Jiggin' Ground Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) The Wintry Winds Folk Music of Ontario
Stu Phillips The Fireworks Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Compilation Phillis Noseworthy - The Wings of an Eagle Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Compilation Mungo Martin (Hanagalasu), Abaya Martin - Sea Eagle Ghost Mask Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Newfoundland Mummers Irish Washer Woman Newfoundland Mummers
Compilation Billy Assu - Hamatsa Song (transcribed) Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Compilation Michel Noël - Le voyage de noces 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Tommy Banks 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
Compilation Frank Williams and women at Port Alberni Festival - Quiquatla Dance Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast
Omar Blondahl Squid Jiggin' Ground 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Compilation Fred Louis and Ella Thompson - Hummingbird Song Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Gerry Formanger (Gerry Reeves) Old Man and Old Woman Side by Each
Wade Hemsworth The Story of The I'm Alone (vocal Wade Hemsworth) The Land of the Muskeg
Diane Oxner The Bold Fisherman Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia
Larena Clark Burns And His Highland Mary Canada's Traditional Queen Of Song
Omar Blondahl The H'emm'r Jane Songs of Sea and Shore
Tiller's Folly The Ghost of Kitty O'Reilly A Ripple in Time
Compilation Tom Willie (Tsa̱xtsa̱xwa̱lis; Kewakhalis) - Bukwas Songs Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Compilation Candy Kane - Centennial Sue Ballads of British Columbia (musical postcard picture sleeve)
Compilation Florence Davidson - Dialogue Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Stu Phillips Riverboat Captain A Visit to British Columbia
Al Oster Ballad of Soapy Smith Northland Ballads
Paul Lauzon & The River String Band The Steamboat Alexandria Songs & Dances of New Brunswick
Compilation Figgy Duff - The Breakwater Boys' Breakdown Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Compilation Billy Assu - Potlatch Song, Chief's Own Party Song Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest
Earl Heywood They're Gonna Hang Jim Donnelly Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Sally Greer Folk Music of Ontario
Omar Blondahl Concerning Charlie Horse Songs of Sea and Shore

Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast

VA Indian Music (Folkways) BACK

VA Haida (Folkways) BACK

Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest

Kwakiutl Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest BACK

Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest

VA Nootka Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast BACK

Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast

ST

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

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