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
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
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
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50

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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