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	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
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
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Irene McNeil	Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:42
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
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
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24

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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