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Labrador

Labrador has its own collection, centred on musicians and repertoire connected to the Big Land. The Flummies, Silver Wolf Band, Harry Martin, Shirley Montague and Labrador Black Spruce provide perspectives grounded in its communities, rivers and coast.

Deantha Edmunds adds classically arranged Labrador songs and Inuttitut repertoire, including the Nunatsiavut anthem. The available Spotify selection leans toward folk, folk-rock and vocal tradition; it is an introduction, not a claim to cover every Labrador community or musical form.

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The stories in the grooves.

Read in playlist order. Listening cues are editorial guidance; references support cultural context.

Woman of Labrador
Silver Wolf Band
Recording: Storms & Prayers
This Labrador band’s rendition is an inviting entry to the region’s song tradition.
Listen for Listen to the blend of harmony and band texture around the story.
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Willows and Sand
Silver Wolf Band
Recording: Make Your Heart Home
A contemporary selection keeps Labrador’s portrait rooted in living musical practice.
Listen for Follow the vocal line and the ensemble’s steady movement.
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Northern Lights of Labrador
The Flummies
Recording: Brothers on the River
The Flummies connect the playlist directly to Labrador’s local repertoire.
Listen for the melodic shape that makes the refrain easy to carry with you.
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Feel the Inukness
The Flummies
Recording: Brothers on the River
This selection brings the band’s Inuit cultural identity explicitly into the collection.
Listen for Attend to the vocal delivery and the song’s communal energy.
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A Land Called Labrador
Harry Martin
Recording: Homebrew 7
Martin is a central Labrador songwriter whose work is shaped by life in the region.
Listen for Listen to the direct storytelling and sense of place in the song.
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Sons of Labrador/Labradorimiut
Deantha Edmunds
Recording: My Beautiful Home
Edmunds’ rendition of the Nunatsiavut anthem adds a distinct classical vocal perspective.
Listen for Listen to the breadth of the vocal line and the language’s phrasing.
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This is My Home
Harry Martin, Deantha Edmunds
Recording: My Beautiful Home
A classically arranged Harry Martin song connects local songwriting and concert repertoire.
Listen for Notice how the sustained vocal treatment changes the song’s scale.
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Nutarasuk
Friedrich Reichardt, Deantha Edmunds
Recording: My Beautiful Home
This Inuttitut lullaby arrangement reflects Labrador’s adapted Moravian musical inheritance.
Listen for Listen to the gentle pacing and the clarity of the vocal line.
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Bathing in Winter
Shirley Montague
Recording: The Hare
Labrador-born Montague adds another individual voice to the region’s musical portrait.
Listen for Listen to the intimacy of the phrasing and the song’s compact shape.
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Banks of North River
Labrador Black Spruce
Recording: The Best of Labrador Black Spruce
A selection from a Labrador City band broadens the collection beyond its coastal voices.
Listen for the unfolding narrative and the supporting instrumental texture.
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Ashuanipi Wish
Labrador Black Spruce
Recording: Ashuanipi Wish
The title track gives this Labrador group a second, complementary place in the sequence.
Listen for Notice the melody’s shape and the way the arrangement carries it.
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Estuary
Silver Wolf Band
Recording: Storms & Prayers
One of the band’s recognised singles adds a modern folk-rock reference point.
Listen for Follow the harmonies and the movement between sections.
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Old Mokami
Silver Wolf Band
Recording: There's No Time
This rendition is part of the band’s engagement with celebrated Labrador songs.
Listen for Listen to the way an older song sits inside a contemporary band sound.
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Coffee Pots
Silver Wolf Band
Recording: Make Your Heart Home
A newer band selection keeps the playlist from becoming purely retrospective.
Listen for the everyday intimacy suggested by the title and delivery.
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Brothers on the River
The Flummies
Recording: Brothers on the River
The album’s title song reinforces the Flummies’ place in this Labrador portrait.
Listen for Follow the vocal narrative and the steady rhythmic accompaniment.
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The Kenemish Song
The Flummies
Recording: Brothers on the River
A place-linked song adds another strand of Labrador’s local repertoire.
Listen for the story and the way its phrases settle into the melody.
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Comb Your Hair Flat Down
The Flummies
Recording: Homebrew 14
This Flummies selection adds a lighter community-song texture.
Listen for Notice its directness and singalong potential.
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Ode to Labrador
Labrador Black Spruce
Recording: Ashuanipi Wish
A short regional ode provides an explicit tribute to the destination.
Listen for Listen to the concise melodic statement and the ensemble’s support.
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Butter and Snow
Silver Wolf Band
Recording: Pockets Filled with Rocks
An earlier Silver Wolf Band recording offers contrast with their newer material.
Listen for Compare the arrangement’s texture with Willows and Sand.
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Slap Our Boat in the Water
The Flummies
Recording: Brothers on the River
A coastal title provides a fitting close to this Labrador sequence.
Listen for the rhythmic lift and the ease of the refrain.
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Labrador

The stories in the grooves.

Woman of Labrador

Willows and Sand

Northern Lights of Labrador

Feel the Inukness

A Land Called Labrador

Sons of Labrador/Labradorimiut

This is My Home

Nutarasuk

Bathing in Winter

Banks of North River

Ashuanipi Wish

Estuary

Old Mokami

Coffee Pots

Brothers on the River

The Kenemish Song

Comb Your Hair Flat Down

Ode to Labrador

Butter and Snow

Slap Our Boat in the Water

Follow the threads.