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 I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out Full of Love
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Irene McNeil Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
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 I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes

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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