Owen McBride (born 1941) is an Irish-born folk singer and storyteller, primarily performing traditional Irish and Scottish music.
[4] He continues to be an active performer in the folk music club and festival scenes.
[8][4][9] McBride was active in Toronto's important Yorkville coffeehouse folk music scene performing at venues such as the Mousehole, and Fiddler's Green, venues which also featured acts such as Joni Mitchell and Ian and Sylvia.
[17] In 1970 McBride appeared at the Philadelphia Folk Festival with New York Times reporting his ballad performances as "sentimental and boozy".
[21] McBride has made several commercial recordings, including one on the Philo Records (folk) label and his music has appeared in CBC radio documentaries, including a documentary produced in 1966 on the 50th anniversary of the Easter uprising in Ireland.