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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
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
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner

FEATURED

Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

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Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

St. John's, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

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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

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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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