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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
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
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
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
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33

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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