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
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
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 Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
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
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest

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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