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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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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