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
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Larena Clark The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Roses Are Red Full of Love
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Burning Inside Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Willie Dunn Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Edith Fowke John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Ivan Burgess Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Irene McNeil Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Winston Hewitt I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Ivan Burgess I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Edith Fowke Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Edith Fowke Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Get on the Scene Snapshot
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
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
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Edith Fowke O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Al Oster Next Boat Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do I Love You
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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