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	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
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
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38

Canadian Pioneers

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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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