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)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
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
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11

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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