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)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
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
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
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 (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
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
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
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
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20

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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