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 Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
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
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

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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