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
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Irene McNeil	Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:42
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48

Canadian Pioneers

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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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