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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
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
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love

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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