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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold

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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