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 I Love You I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Irene McNeil Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
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
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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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