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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
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
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
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
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11

Canadian Pioneers

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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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