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
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
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
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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