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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Irene McNeil	Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:42
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17

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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