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 Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Keatniks King of the Road ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Memphis ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It

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

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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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