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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
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?!!
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
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
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest

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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