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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Irene McNeil Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST

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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