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	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
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
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52

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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