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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
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	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
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
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22

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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