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 Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
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 Say it's Allright Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot

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, 🇨🇦

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

Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

Ethelbert, Manitoba - Hamilton, Ontario - Abbotsford, British Columbia

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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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