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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme

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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