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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Keatniks Memphis ST
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) 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
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
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
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

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

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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