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	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
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
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46

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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