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	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Winston Hewitt	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
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
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
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34

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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