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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST

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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