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 Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
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
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21

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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