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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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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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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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