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
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
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) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley Mademoiselle Rythme
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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

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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