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 Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Memphis ST
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
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 Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea

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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