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
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
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	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
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
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47

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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