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
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22

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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