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
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Just You and Me Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Ivan Burgess The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Larena Clark There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Memphis ST
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
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
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization

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

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Northern Haze

Canadian Recording Studio

Northern Haze

Northern Haze-LABEL 02

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