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
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
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
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
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
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter 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 Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

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Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

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Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

St. John's, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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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