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
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn 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
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings

FEATURED

Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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)

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

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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

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Northern Haze

Canadian Recording Studio

Northern Haze

Northern Haze-LABEL 02

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