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)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26

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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