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
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Larena Clark Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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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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