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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Irene McNeil	Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
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
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Irene McNeil	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13

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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