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 Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow 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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