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
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
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) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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

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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

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