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
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Keatniks Memphis ST
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
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
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest

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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