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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
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
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST

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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