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	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01

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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