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
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
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
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35

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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