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
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican 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
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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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