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 Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
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
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck 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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