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 I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights 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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
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
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes

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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