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
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
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
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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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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