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) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
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
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove

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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