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
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
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
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
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
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
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
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
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
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02

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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