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
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Keatniks Memphis ST
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

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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