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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
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
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	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47

Canadian Pioneers

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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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