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 Lonely Street Reggae Medley
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Al Oster Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks King of the Road ST
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot

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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, 🇨🇦

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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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