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
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Keatniks Memphis ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
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) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect

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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