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
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
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'
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Keatniks Memphis ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You

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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