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
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
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
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
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
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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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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