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
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46

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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