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 Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out Full of Love
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
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
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme

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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