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
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Memphis ST
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You

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

Les Trois Clefs

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

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