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 Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Larena Clark The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Edith Fowke Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Yank Barry I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Larena Clark The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Edith Fowke Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt I Want to Forget Snapshot
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Edith Fowke Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Al Oster Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Al Oster I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Edith Fowke Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings

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

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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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