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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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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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