Buy and Stream Second-Hand here. Borealis Records are exceptionally pleased to announce that JUNO and CFMA award winning singer-songwriter James Keelaghan has just put the finishing touches to a fantastic new album entitled, Second Hand. James’ songwriting has often been cited for its keen sense of history. With Second Hand he takes on a number of topical issues of concern to us […]

Release date: Oct 29, 2021 Canadian roots/swing duo Over The Moon live and breathe real cowboy country. Living on a ranch in the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, it’s inevitable there will be a strong sense of place – and the rhythms of the land – when you pick up an instrument and start to […]

Release date: April 28, 2021 After showcasing at Americanafest in Nashville in 2018 and soaking up the vibe of the Americana music scene down there, Chris and his long-time producer and sideman, John Ellis, knew which direction to take the next album. Chris’ previous album, Fragments, was more on the folk side of Americana, but […]

Acclaimed Canadian folk label achieved success with Stan Rogers, Le Vent Du Nord, La Bottine Souriante, Michael Jerome Browne, Ron Hynes, The Fugitives, & Oliver Schroer among many others. After 25 years of proudly putting out some of the best Canadian folk and roots music, the principles of Borealis Records - Grit Laskin & Bill […]

Release Date: November 30, 2020 Canadian singer-songwriter Laura Smith (1952-2020) is deeply missed by all who knew and worked with her, along with thousands that loved her music. In 2019, Laura initiated a recording project that would be a “best of” album to showcase songs from her earlier work. Laura was diagnosed with inoperable cancer […]

Release Date: October 23, 2020 Braden Gates first album on Borealis Records features his world-weary songwriting skills, despite being a young new face on the folk music scene. Songs that paint honest portraits of everyday working men and women, in the backdrop of Canadian daily living. Braden Gates’ writing is much like that of singer-songwriters […]

Release Date: November 10, 2019 Inspired to make connections to the past, Brendan McLeod of the Vancouver folk band the Fugitives began working on a project that eventually became Ridge, a monologue with music that retells the Canadian military victory at Vimy Ridge in France in April, 1917. Ridge in turn inspired the Fugitives album, Trench Songs, a collection […]