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
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	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	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24

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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