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
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Keatniks Memphis ST
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar 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
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair

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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