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) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
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
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Keatniks Memphis ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar 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 Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST

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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