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
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
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
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
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
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53

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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