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	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21

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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