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 Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Edith Fowke O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Edith Fowke John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST

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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, 🇨🇦

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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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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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

Sugluk, Québec

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

Unknown

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

Northern Haze-LABEL 01

Northern Haze-BACK

A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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