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	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
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
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27

Canadian Pioneers

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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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