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 Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
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
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove

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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