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	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
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
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
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	08:30
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59

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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