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.

Dempster, Linda - Folklore In Song

Scarborough, Ontario

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

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

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

High River, Alberta - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Karr, Hank - Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads

Whitehorse, Yukon

FEATURED

Buddy Wasisname & the Other Fellers - Flatout

Newfoundland

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

Scotland - Calgary, Alberta

FEATURED

Noble, Geoff - Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia

Yorkshire, England - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Clemens, Lucinda - Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis

Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves) - Side by Each

Port-Au-Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Phillips, Stu - Visit Old Québec

St-Eustache, Québec → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦 → Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

Peacock, Ken - Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland

Toronto, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Oster, Al - Yukon Ballads

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Blondahl, Omar - Favourite Folk Songs

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Compilation - 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957

Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Oster, Al - Northland Ballads

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

Compilation - Ballads of British Columbia (musical postcard picture sleeve)

Canada

FEATURED

Scammel, Arthur R. - My Newfoundland

Change Islands, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

St-Eustache, Québec → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦 → Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Hemsworth, Wade - The Land of the Muskeg

Brantford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Heywood, Earl - Tales of the Donnelly Feud

Exeter, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Allen, Johnny - Valley of Old Lake Louise b/w Red Rooster

Edmonton, Alberta

FEATURED

Compilation - Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦

Louise, Ola - Sasquatch b/w Train Song

FEATURED

Phillips, Stu - A Visit to British Columbia

St-Eustache, Québec → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦 → Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Vigneault, Gilles - Mon pays

Natashquan, Québec

FEATURED

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

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Hauschild, George & Carole - Penticton b/w But For Love

Penticton, British Columbia

FEATURED

Newfoundland Mummers - Newfoundland Mummers

Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦

Richard Squires

Buddy Wasisname - Flatout

Arthur Scammel - Squid Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2

earl Hughes-Banjo Times

Bedore, Bernard Vance / The Hornets and the Fence Posts b/w Along the Opeongo/ Fiery Kate and Dickory Dan

Margaret Christl and Ian Robb - The Barley Grain For Me

Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat - Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs

Compilation - Nitjautiit Vol .2

Ola Louise - Sasquatch b/w Train Song

Dave Boire - Up in Alaska Land b/w The Legend of 12 Foot

Art Scammel - My Newfoundland

Ernie Prentice 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)

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

Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs

Stu Phillips - Visit to Old Quebec LABEL 01

Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 1 // Squid-Jiggin' Ground Squid-Jiggin' Ground Part 2

Mackerel Skies

Yukon Song (split with Earl Hughes)

CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song

Up in Alaska Land b/w The Legend of 12 Foot

Sasquatch b/w Train Song

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)

Buddy Wasisname & the Other Fellers

Blondahl, Omar - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

Blondahl, Omar - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

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

Blondahl, Omar - Favourite Folk Songs

Blondahl, Omar - Songs of Sea and Shore

Heywood, Earl

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Tracks

Artist Track Title
Heywood, Earl The Fightin' Feudin' Donnellys Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Newfoundland Mummers I'se the B'ye Newfoundland Mummers
Clemens, Lucinda L'adieu de Riel - Riel's Farewell Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Blondahl, Omar Homeward Bound Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Compilation Timungiak Petaulassie and Qaunaq Mikkigak - 08 Nitjautiit Vol .2
Compilation Rufus Guinchard - Out Behind the House - Up the Southern Shore Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
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
Tiller's Folly McCulloch's Wonder A Ripple in Time
Peacock, Ken Green Shores of Fogo Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Mummers What a Friend We Have in Jesus Newfoundland Mummers
Compilation Charlie Panigoniak - Angutinasuumut - Poor Man Nitjautiit Vol .2
Heywood, Earl Who Stole Thompson's Cow Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Heywood, Earl Sweet Maggie Thompson Tales of the Donnelly Feud
MacIsaac, Hector We Donnelly Men The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Tiller's Folly Twenty-Three Camels A Ripple in Time
Scammel, Arthur R. Teachers "If" Summer School 1938 My Newfoundland
Clemens, Lucinda L'adieu de la Mariée - The Bride's Farewell Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Heywood, Earl Legend of the Old Roman Line Tales of the Donnelly Feud
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves) Life in the City Side by Each
Newfoundland Mummers My Boy Willy Newfoundland Mummers
Peacock, Ken Bonnie Banks of the Virgie-O Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat MacMillan River Love Song Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Blondahl, Omar Willy Boy Favourite Folk Songs
Newfoundland Mummers Cape St. Mary's Newfoundland Mummers
Compilation Colette Bonheur - Mon p'tit caporal 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Noble, Geoff The Fisgard Lighthouse Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Oster, Al Klondike Cattle Drive Northland Ballads
Compilation Ellis Island - Frobisher, Frobisher Nitjautiit Vol .2
Blondahl, Omar I Know An Old Lady Favourite Folk Songs
Formanger, Gerry (Gerry Reeves) Lonesome for Newfoundland Side by Each
Peacock, Ken I'll be Seventeen Come Sunday Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Compilation William Tagoona - Inuit Nunani Nitjautiit Vol .2
Compilation Uncle Mose - John Cabot Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Blondahl, Omar She's Like The Swallow Favourite Folk Songs
Compilation William Tagoona - Inutulunga Nitjautiit Vol .2
Drumlin Stormy Weather Boys Mackerel Skies
Blondahl, Omar Green Flowers - O Songs of Sea and Shore
Drumlin My Irish Girl Mackerel Skies
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Compilation Lucille Dumont - Le ciel se marie avec la mer 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
MacIsaac, Hector Disaster at Maloneys The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Drumlin The Sea Captain Mackerel Skies
Drumlin Down in Old Ireland Mackerel Skies
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
Phillips, Stu White Stallion Legend Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Phillips, Stu The Fireworks Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Oster, Al Arctic Eskimo Northland Ballads
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Karr, Hank Blow Northwind Blow Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Compilation Charlie Panigoniak - In Court Nitjautiit Vol .2
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Compilation Lem Snow - Newfoundland Tradition: Songs, Stories, and Tunes from Newfoundland & Labrador
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat Salaw Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Peacock, Ken Drill, Ye Heroes, Drill! Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Blondahl, Omar Ten Knots In The Devil's Tail Favourite Folk Songs
Lauzon, Paul & The River String Band Sicilian Dance Songs & Dances of New Brunswick
Blondahl, Omar She's Like the Swallow 16 Songs of Newfoundland
Meehan, Leonard Only a Quall off the Land Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs
Clemens, Lucinda Between the Forks and Carlton - Entre les forks et carlton Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Phillips, Stu Bull Train Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Lauzon, Paul & The River String Band Peter Emberley Songs & Dances of New Brunswick
MacIsaac, Hector Ride, WIlliam, Ride! The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Phillips, Stu Nigger John Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Clemens, Lucinda J'en ai dit donc - The Emigrant's Goodbye Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Karr, Hank Paddlewheeler Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Peacock, Ken Woman of Dover - Woman from Dover Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Blondahl, Omar Sable Island Songs of Sea and Shore
Blondahl, Omar The Ship That Never Returned Songs of Sea and Shore
Plotnikoff, Serge Grand Forks Country Beautiful British Columbia
Hemsworth, Wade My Mother Is the Ocean Sea (vocals Kate & Anna McGarrigle) The Land of the Muskeg
Tiller's Folly Voyageur Stirring Up Ghosts: Songs & Stories of Historic British Columbia
Blondahl, Omar Trade Winds Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Blondahl, Omar Black Friday The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Tiller's Folly Reels: Heel & Toe; Muddy Frogwater; An Dram Buidheach A Ripple in Time
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Buckna, Pat & Jim Green One Way to Think About the Arctic Flint and Steel: Poetry and Music from the Northwest Territories (re-issue)
Drumlin I Dyed My Petticoat Red Mackerel Skies
Noble, Geoff The Cariboo Fusiliers Heroes & Monuments of British Columbia
Ladies & Escorts CP Transcontinental CP Transcontinental/ Somebody Robbed the CPR b/w Bill Miner Song
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat The Grand Father Song: Etsi Shon Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hemsworth, Wade Foolish You (vocals Kate & Anna McGarrigle) The Land of the Muskeg
Compilation Michel Noël - Les perceurs de coffres-forts 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957
Karr, Hank '98 Trail Paddlewheeler and Other Northland Ballads
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Ballads
Clemens, Lucinda La rose blanche - The White Rose Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat Cariboustick Gambling Song Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Oster, Al Phantom of the Arctic Northland Ballads
Blondahl, Omar Harbour le Cou Trade Winds: Sagebrush Sam presents The Saga of Newfoundland in Song
Alfred, Jerry and the Medicine Beat A Love Song Etsi Shon: Grandfather Songs
Plotnikoff, Serge Moon of Summer Beautiful British Columbia
MacIsaac, Hector Tom, Write Me a Letter The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Phillips, Stu Moon Over the Rockies A Visit to British Columbia
Peacock, Ken The Loss of the 'Eliza' Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland
MacIsaac, Hector We’re Leaving Now The Legend of the Black Donnelly's
Oxner, Diane The Broken Ring Sings the Helen Creighton Collection of Traditional Folk Songs of Nova Scotia
Compilation Dominique Michel - Sur l'perron 12 Chansons Canadiennes: Festival Radio Canada, 1957

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