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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner

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

Comments

No Comments