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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	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
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
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
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Hewitt, Winston	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
McNeil, Irene	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03

Canadian Pioneers

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Keatniks - ST

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Get Loose Crew - ST

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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