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
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
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
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
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
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14

Canadian Pioneers

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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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