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
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
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
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	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
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
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
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37

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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