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
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
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
Keatniks Memphis ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

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

FEATURED

Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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