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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Clark, Larena	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Hewitt, Winston	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
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
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
McNeil, Irene	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22

Canadian Pioneers

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Keatniks - ST

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Get Loose Crew - ST

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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