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
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
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) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Memphis ST
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
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 The Same One Full of Love
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
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 Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

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Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

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Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

St. John's, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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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

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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