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	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
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	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54

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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