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
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You

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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