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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
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
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
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)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Irene McNeil	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17

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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