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 Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea

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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