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) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
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 One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
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) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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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

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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

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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