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 So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
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
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Keatniks Memphis ST
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune 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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