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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Memphis ST
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair

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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