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
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
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
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Barry, Yank	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
McNeil, Irene	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27

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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