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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
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
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
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
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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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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