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
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Sugluk Fall Away 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 Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
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
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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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