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
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum 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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