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
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
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
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Memphis ST
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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

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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