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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
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 2)	I Love You	02:50
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39

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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