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
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
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
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
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
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	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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