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	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01

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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