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 The Politician Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold

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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