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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Memphis ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
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 I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) 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 Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
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) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) 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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