INDIE MUSIC MEETS OCCUPY
NEW MUSIC FROM ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK When Annabelle Chvostek joined the Wailin’ Jennys in 2004, the rest of the world found out what a number of Canadian fans had known for several years: that Chvostek...
View ArticleBRAMBLES AND THORNS – NEW STORIES FROM JOHN WORT HANNAM
Borealis is pleased to announce that John Wort Hannam has joined our family of artists. From the moment you start listening to John’s latest album Brambles And Thorns you realize that John is a born...
View ArticleNorthwest Passage Re-Released
Northwest Passage is the fourth of five original Stan Rogers albums to be re-mastered and released by Borealis. Lovingly restored and using the latest mastering technology, the original songs have...
View ArticleCFMA AWARDS TO MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE AND THE ONCE
On Saturday Nov. 17th at the Canadian Folk Music Awards gala in Saint John New Brunswick The Once were awarded Vocal Group of the Year and Michael Jerome Browne was awarded Solo Artist of the Year....
View ArticleCONGRATULATIONS GRIT!
Our very own Grit Laskin was named a Member of the Order Of Canada today. Grit is so deserving of this honour and we couldn’t be more proud of our pal and colleague.
View ArticleNathan Sings Stan, The Rogers Legacy Continues
Nathan Rogers has been touring Ontario for the last two weeks, touring a concert program that will stop many listeners in their tracks: the music of Stan Rogers, performed by someone who sounds and...
View ArticleFROM FRESH WATER RE-RELEASED
From Fresh Water is the fifth of five original Stan Rogers albums to be re-mastered and released by Borealis. Sadly this was to be Stan’s final recording before his tragic death in an airline fire in...
View ArticleJames Gordon – Music For The 99%
Coyote’s Calling is James Gordon’s sixth album for Borealis Records and it finds him at the top of his game as songwriter activist and commentator on the state of our fragile planet. Listen to...
View ArticleKarine Polwart – Coming To Our Shores At Last
From the beginning, Borealis has been committed to being an all-Canadian label. However, good music doesn’t respect boundaries and to that end we have created W2 Music to become a home for wonderful...
View ArticleNow available: “The Man OF A Thousand Songs”
The Man OF A Thousand Songs is a powerful emotional, intimate and tender documentary about the life of Ron Hynes. This video is an emotional, intimate and tender documentary about the life of fabled...
View ArticleLAURA SMITH – A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE STUDIO
After a fifteen year hiatus due to a series of debilitating accidents and a painful recovery awarding-winning Canadian singer songwriter Laura Smith has emerged from the studio with a stunning new...
View ArticleTwo new videos from Annabelle Chvostek!
Here are two videos by Annabelle Chvostek, The End of the Road and The Will of How, recorded live in Montreal! If you like these songs, you might be interested in purchasing the whole album (Rise). For...
View ArticleFree Download: “Song of the Candle”
Welcome to Borealis, and while visiting we would like you to have a bonus track from Laura Smith’s latest album Everything Is Moving. The song is Stan Rogers’ “Song of the Candle” and as you’ll hear...
View ArticlePHARIS & JASON ROMERO “LONG GONE OUT WEST BLUES”
Borealis is delighted to make available this wonderful album from Pharis and Jason. As Maverick magazine points out ”… wonderful, achingly beautiful harmonies. It’s all perfectly judged, precise but...
View ArticleJAMES KEELAGHAN – HISTORY
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF RECORDING AND TOURING ON CD AND DVD To celebrate a quarter century of making great music James Keelaghan has produced “HISTORY” The two-disc CD/DVD contains eighteen studio...
View ArticleSTAN ROGERS – The Collection
Stan Rogers’ music has left a lasting impression on countless folk music fans, and for that matter, on the Canadian psyche in general. This impressive collection contains five original re-mastered...
View ArticleMIKE STEVENS & OKAIDJA AFROSO – where’s the one?
Mike Stevens and Okaidja Afroso are two musicians from very different backgrounds On “where’s the one?” Okaidja and Mike blend the musics of Ghana’s Gold Coast with North American blues and folk...
View ArticlePOOR ANGUS – A GREAT NEW CELTIC BAND FROM HAMILTON
Pushing the envelope of Celtic and Folk while retaining their strong connection to both traditions Poor Angus have been described as being a blend of The Pogues and Mumford & Sons, with great...
View ArticleWelcome Shari Ulrich
We are extremely pleased to welcome Shari Ulrich to Borealis with the release of “Everywhere I Go” The new album finds this very gifted songwriter at the top of her game with ten songs that go...
View ArticleTwo Videos by Poor Angus
Check out these two videos by Poor Angus, Barrett’s Privateers and Harrison’s! If you like these songs, you might be interested in purchasing the whole album (Gathering). For more music videos,...
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