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
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
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	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15

Canadian Pioneers

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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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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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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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