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 Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Keatniks Memphis ST
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Irene McNeil Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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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