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
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Edith Fowke Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Edith Fowke Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Edith Fowke Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Edith Fowke Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

Sugluk, Québec

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

Unknown

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

Northern Haze-LABEL 01

Northern Haze-BACK

A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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