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) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
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
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn

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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