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
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 I Love You
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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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