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	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43

Canadian Pioneers

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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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