Canadian Pioneers

Canadian Pioneers

This collection honours the trailblazers—the artists who dared to do something different and, in many cases, were the first to do it in Canadian music. From genre-defining innovators to cultural groundbreakers, Canadian Pioneers celebrates those who opened doors, broke rules, and carved out new paths with originality, courage, and vision. Their contributions helped shape the sound of Canada—and inspired generations to come.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

Bermuda - Ottawa, Ontario - Antigonish, Nova Scotia - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Kitchener, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Da Slyme - ST

St. John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Borealis - Sons of the Sea

St. John's, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

FEATURED

Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

Ethelbert, Manitoba - Hamilton, Ontario - Abbotsford, British Columbia

FEATURED

Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

Les Trois Clefs

Motherlove

Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Edith Fowke - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Edith Fowke

The First Cut Is The Deepest

Symphony in Effect

Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)

Commemorative Stamp Canada Post 2026

Commemorative Stamp Canada Post 2026

ST

A Tribe Called Red

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect LABEL 02

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect LABEL 01

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect BACK

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect SIGNED COVER INSERT

Yukon Gold

Al Oster - Yukon Gold LABEL 01

Al Oster - Yukon Gold LABEL 02

Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Oster, Al

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)

Sings

ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Northern Haze

Canadian Recording Studio

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