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 It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest

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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