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
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair

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

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Northern Haze

Canadian Recording Studio

Northern Haze

Northern Haze-LABEL 02

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