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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
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
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39

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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