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
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
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
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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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