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 Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn

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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