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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea

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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