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
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
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
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
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
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
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)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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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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