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
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
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
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37

Canadian Pioneers

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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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