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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Edith Fowke O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Edith Fowke Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Willie Dunn Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out Full of Love
Ivan Burgess When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Ivan Burgess If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
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
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Edith Fowke Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Edith Fowke Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Edith Fowke Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Edith Fowke Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner

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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, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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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