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 Just You and Me Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
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 I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Keatniks Memphis ST
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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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