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 You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Willie Dunn Collection Blues 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'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
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
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It

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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