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
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59

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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