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 Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest

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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