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 Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST

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, 🇨🇦

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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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