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	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03

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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