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
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
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
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love

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, 🇨🇦

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

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

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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