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 Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
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
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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