Canada’s Banff Centre for the Arts has a reputation for bringing artists together and producing great new works. Blues phenom MATT ANDERSEN and harmonica virtuoso MIKE STEVENS wrote and arranged the material for this project in five days while in residence at Banff. The recording took place in one day and was live off the [...]

With Appellation D’Origine Controlée La Bottine Souriante continues to amaze with their energy, joie de vivre and superb musicianship. And as the title suggests this is music that could only be grown in Québec. Borealis is enormously proud to be presenting La Bottine’s music for the first time. Please feel free to check out the [...]

Just back from the UK and Ireland, and following on a tremendous summer playing Canada’s major folk festivals, The Once have delivered “Row Upon Row Of The People They Know”. The new album follows their award-winning self-titled debut CD with ten new songs that go deeper and in some ways reflect even better the collective [...]

We are delighted to announce that The Mighty Popo has joined the Borealis family of artists. Popo’s first acoustic album “Gakondo” is written solely in Kinyarwanda, Rwanda’s only indigenous language. The title means origins or tradition in Rwandan, and on the recording Popo has taken a journey of discovery to his Burundian/Rwandan roots. Released independently [...]

All our best to Newfoundland Trio and Borealis Recording Artists THE ONCE who were awarded Group Recording Of The Year  at this year’s East Coast Music Awards closing gala in Charlottetown. Geraldine Hollett, Andrew Dale and Phil Churchill have been impressing audiences with their amazing vocals and warm presence wherever they go and this award [...]