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
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out Full of Love
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
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 Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
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) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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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