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	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
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
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32

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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