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	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26

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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