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
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental 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
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
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
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
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) I'll Take Romance Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
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

Les Trois Clefs

Motherlove

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

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