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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
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	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
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
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03

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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