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	Length
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
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	05:34
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Irene McNeil	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Da Slyme - ST

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Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

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

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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