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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes

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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