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
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Keatniks Memphis ST
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red General Generations 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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