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 I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out Full of Love
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (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) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect

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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