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	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
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	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
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	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16

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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