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 Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Memphis ST
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) 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, 🇨🇦

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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