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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
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
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24

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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