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
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea

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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