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
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
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) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free 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 Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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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