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	I Love You	02:28
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
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)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Clark, Larena	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26

Canadian Pioneers

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

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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

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

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

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

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

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

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

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Keatniks - ST

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

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

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Get Loose Crew - ST

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

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

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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