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) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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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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