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
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
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
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
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	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06

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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