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
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
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
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest

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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