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)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
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
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07

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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