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
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
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
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
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
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
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
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11

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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