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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
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
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47

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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