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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Hewitt, Winston	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
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Burgess, Ivan	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Barry, Yank	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
McNeil, Irene	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Clark, Larena	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24

Canadian Pioneers

FEATURED

Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

Singing Fools - The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

Da Slyme - ST

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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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) - Symphony in Effect

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Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Keatniks - ST

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Hewitt, Winston - Snapshot

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

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Get Loose Crew - ST

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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