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 You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
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
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold

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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