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
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
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
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
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) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

Ethelbert, Manitoba - Hamilton, Ontario - Abbotsford, British Columbia

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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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