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
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Love You 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) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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

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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