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 Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
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 I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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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