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)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
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
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
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 - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11

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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