Borealis Artists

All of our artists have a page on this site, but many have their own pages as well:

Beyond the Pale

 

www.beyondthepale.net

The Bills (The Bill Hilly Band)

 

www.thebills.ca

Michael Jerome Browne

 

www.michaeljeromebrowne.com

Melwood Cutlery

 

www.melwoodcutlery.com

Rick Fielding

 

www.thebanjomute.com/rickfielding

Aengus Finnan

 

www.sheltervalley.com

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop

 

www.willymacproductions.ca

Eve Goldberg

 

www.evegoldberg.com

James Gordon

 

www.jamesgordon.ca

James Hill

 

www.ukulelejames.com

Ron Hynes

 

www.hynesite.org

Mark Haines & Tom Leighton

 

www.haines-leighton.com

Enoch Kent

 

www.enochkent.ca

Penny Lang

 

www.pennylang.com

Grit Laskin

 

www.williamlaskin.com

Le Vent du Nord

 

www.leventdunord.com

Tom Lewis

 

www.tomlewis.net

Frank Maher

 

www.mahersbahers.com

Paul Mills

 

www.paulmills.ca

Katie Moore

 

www.katiemoore.ca

Night Sun

 

www.nightsun.ca

Evalyn Parry

 

www.evalynparry.com

Rukanas

 

www.rukanasperu.com

Christina Smith &Jean Hewson

 

www.jeanandchristina.com

Sirens

 

www.sirens3.com

Bob Snider

 

www.bobsnider.ca

Mike Stevens

 

www.mikestevensmusic.com 

Tanglefoot

 

www.tanglefootmusic.com

Terry Tufts

 

www.terrytufts.com

Clay Tyson

 

www.quartette.com/Clay/Tyson.html

Jackie Washington

 

www.jackiewashington.com

Nancy White

 

www.nancy-white.com

Chris Whiteley

 

www.chriswhiteley.com

Ken Whiteley

 

www.kenwhiteley.com

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Folk Music Retailers and Distributors

Here are some places where you can purchase our CDs and other great folk music:

Ground Floor Music - www.groundfloormusic.ca
Ground Floor Music has the best selection of roots, world and traditional music in all of Canada.

Liquid.com - www.liquid.com
Our albums can be purchased from our online store, but you can also purchase and download individual cuts from Borealis albums online, exportable to WMDM-enabled and/or Liquid enabled portable music players and burnable to supported CD drives. Prices are about $1.50 US per song. Search on Liquid.com for the Borealis artist of your choice.

Angel Train - www.angeltrain.com.au
Australian site featuring acoustic music

COMA - www.coolname.com/coma
Canadian On Line Musicians Association, a website featuring Canadian independent music

Elderly Instruments: www.elderly.com
One of the best places to find vintage instruments, also an EXTENSIVE catalogue of new instruments, books, videos, CDs, you name it!

Festival Distribution - www.festival.bc.ca
Canadian distributor of roots music

Hard Yacka Records Records (Australia) - www.folktrax.com
Folk Trax has a specialist folk music shop based at the South Australian Folk Centre

Portland America Distributing - www.portlandamerica.com
One of our U.S. distributors focussing on music from Nova Scotia and beyond!

Ottawa Folklore Centre - www.ottawafolklore.com
An Ottawa institution! features acoustic instruments, books, CDs & cassettes, classes and workshops

Thirty Below - www.trentesouszero.com
Great site for traditional French Canadian music

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Folk Media

CBC Radio - www.radio.cbc.ca
Radio homepage for Canada's national broadcaster

CKUA Radio - www.ckua.org
Listener-supported radio network in Alberta featuring lots of roots music

Dirty Linen - www.dirtynelson.com
Folk, world, and roots music magazine - includes artist and venue listings

Folkdj-l website - folkradio.org
Website for folkdj-l, the internet listserv for folk music djs

Folk Roots/Folk Branches - www.ckutfolk.com
Mike Regenstreif's weekly show on CKUT in Montreal

Back to the Sugar Camp - www.backtothesugarcamp.com
Steve Fruitman's weekly radio show on CIUT in Toronto

Penguin Eggs - www.penguineggs.ab.ca
Canada's Folk, Roots and World Music Magazine

Sing Out! - www.singout.org
A wonderful folk music magazine, celebrating 50 years of publication

Spire Folk - www.spirefolk.org.uk
British Folk music magazine

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Friends of Borealis

Common Thread: Community Chorus of Toronto - commonthreadchorus.ca
A non-audition community choir that promotes social justice by singing folk music from around the world.

Finest Kind - www.finestkind.ca/
A compelling trio based in Ottawa

Folk Legacy Records - www.folk-legacy.com
New England-based label featuring lots of great traditional music

Eve Goldberg - www.evegoldberg.com
Borealis' ex-office manager is also a performing folk musician!

Richard Hess - www.richardhess.com
Richard is the webmaster for the webpages of Nancy White, Marie-Lynn Hammond, and a number of other folk artists.

The Millstream - www.themillstream.com
Paul Mills' full-service recording studio

NorthernBlues Music - www.northernblues.com
Our office mates and sister label, featuring great blues music from Canda and beyond

Rick Whitelaw - www.rickwhitelaw.com/
A fabulous guitar player who is also featured on our guitar compilation "Six Strings North of the Border" 

The Woods Music and Dance Camp - www.the-woods.ca/
A music camp for adults in the Muskoka region of Ontario.

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Folk Music Organizations

Canadian Folk Music Awards - Prix de Musique Folk Canadienne - www.canadianfolkmusicawards.ca
Celebrating the breadth and depth of folk music in Canada

Canadian Society for Traditional Music - www.yorku.ca/cstm
Includes an online catalogue of Canadian folk music - lots of hard-to-find stuff!

Folk Alliance Canada / Alliance folk du Canada - folkalliance.ca/fac
Official Canadian branch of the north american folk music and dance alliance

North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance - www.folk.org
An organization for anyone involved in folk music

Northeast Folk Alliance - www.nerfa.org
The business and the pleasure of Folk Music

Ontario Council of Folk Festivals - www.ocff.ca
Find information about Ontario Folk Festivals here

Toronto Blues Society - www.torontobluessociety.com
A very active organization promoting the blues in Toronto and beyond!

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General Folk Music Resources

Calgary Folk Music Homepage - calfolk.ca
A resource on what's happening in the Calgary area

Festival Finder - www.festivalfinder.com
Listing of all kinds of music festivals

Folkmusic.org - www.folkmusic.org
Formerly Folkbook - a place to find all kinds of information related to folk music

Maplefolk CD List - www.maplefolk.com
Very informative listing of CDs released in Canada

Mudcat Cafe - mudcat.org
Includes a lively folk music discussion group, as well as the Digital Tradition database, a listing of thousands of lyrics to folk songs

Musi-Cal - www.musi-cal.com
Searchable database of live music - find out where your favourite performer is touring, or find out who is playing in your area over a given time

Music for Robin - music-for-robin.org
A Celtic calendar maintained by Billy Hockett that lists New England Celtic music events.

Northern Journey Online - www.northernjourney.com
Great resource on Canadian folk music

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