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) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization

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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