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	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
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)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
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
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20

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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