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
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Edith Fowke Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Edith Fowke O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Edith Fowke Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest

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

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

Sugluk, Québec

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

Unknown

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

Northern Haze-LABEL 01

Northern Haze-BACK

A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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