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
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair

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

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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

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

Northern Haze

Northern Haze-LABEL 02

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