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 Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
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
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07

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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