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	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
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
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46

Canadian Pioneers

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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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