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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
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
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
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
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32

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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