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 Just You and Me Just You and Me
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Irene McNeil Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Larena Clark I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

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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, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

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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

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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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