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
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
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
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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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