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
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq 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

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

Northern Haze

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