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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
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
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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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