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) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You

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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