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
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
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	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37

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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