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 It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Memphis ST
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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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