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
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Memphis ST
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

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Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

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Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

St. John's, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

Ethelbert, Manitoba - Hamilton, Ontario - Abbotsford, British Columbia

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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

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Northern Haze

Canadian Recording Studio

Northern Haze

Northern Haze-LABEL 02

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