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
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
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
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52

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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