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	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
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
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
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)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16

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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